[The 9th TNM classification of thoracic tumors]

Audrey Mansuet-Lupo1

  • 1Service d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital Cochin, 27, rue du faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France.

Annales De Pathologie
|February 20, 2026
PubMed
Summary

The 9th edition TNM staging system updates lung cancer, thymic tumors, and mesothelioma classifications. Key changes include refined lymph node and metastasis categories for lung cancer and size-based T descriptors for thymic tumors.