PG7 New guidelines for the classification and staging of lung cancer

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: Bogdan Dragos Grigoriu (Iasi, Romania), Françoise Galateau-Salle (Caen, France)
Aims: To present and disseminate the new guidelines concerning the pathological classification of lung cancer and the 9th American Joint Committee on Cancer staging guidelines; to analyse the molecular-pathological correlations in lung cancer; and to describe the staging techniques needed to implement the new guidelines.
Target audience: Clinicians, epidemiologists, general practitioners, junior members, oncologists, pathologists, pulmonologists, residents, respiratory physicians, scientists, students, thoracic surgeons, and trainees.

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Programme PG7 New guidelines for the classification and staging of lung cancer
The new World Health Organisation classification of lung cancer Philipp A. Schnabel (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Molecular-pathological correlations in lung cancer  Elisabeth Brambilla (Grenoble, France)
TNM descriptor and classification changes in the 8th edition  Peter Goldstraw (London, United Kingdom)
Staging techniques needed for implementing the new staging recommendations  Torsten Gerriet Blum (Berlin, Germany)