pubmed-article:1515985 | pubmed:abstractText | To validate the new TNM definitions for lung cancer (International Union Against Cancer [UICC] TNM classification, 4th edition, 1987), the data of 3823 patients were analyzed prospectively in terms of concordance between clinical (TNM) and pathologically confirmed classification (pTNM), the value of the various diagnostic techniques in estimating the pathologically confirmed classification, and the prognostic relevance of the new TNM definitions. | lld:pubmed |