JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY, cilt.9, sa.6, ss.856-864, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Introduction: The staging system for malignant pleural mesothelioma is controversial. To revise this system, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Staging Committee developed an international database. This report analyzes prognostic variables in a surgical population, which are supplementary to previously published CORE variables (stage, histology, sex, age, and type of procedure).