@article{JTD18626,
author = {Robert B. Cameron},
title = {Staging in the era of international databases: documented improvements with remaining challenges},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {10},
number = {2},
year = {2018},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Between 1943 and 1952, Pierre Denoix, a surgeon at the Institute Gustave Roussy in Paris, developed, proposed and published a classification system for all solid tumors based on the size and extension of the primary tumor, its lymphatic involvement, and the presence/absence of metastases, and ever since, the resulting tumor-nodemetastasis (TNM) staging system has been the international standard used by both the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) and the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC) (1).},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/18626}
}