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Review
. 2024 Jan;84(1):6-17.
doi: 10.1111/his.15077. Epub 2023 Oct 23.

Updates on lung adenocarcinoma: invasive size, grading and STAS

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Review

Updates on lung adenocarcinoma: invasive size, grading and STAS

Jonathan Willner et al. Histopathology. 2024 Jan.

Abstract

Advancements in the classification of lung adenocarcinoma have resulted in significant changes in pathological reporting. The eighth edition of the tumour-node-metastasis (TNM) staging guidelines calls for the use of invasive size in staging in place of total tumour size. This shift improves prognostic stratification and requires a more nuanced approach to tumour measurements in challenging situations. Similarly, the adoption of new grading criteria based on the predominant and highest-grade pattern proposed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) shows improved prognostication, and therefore clinical utility, relative to previous grading systems. Spread through airspaces (STAS) is a form of tumour invasion involving tumour cells spreading through the airspaces, which has been highly researched in recent years. This review discusses updates in pathological T staging, adenocarcinoma grading and STAS and illustrates the utility and limitations of current concepts in lung adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: STAS; T stage; grading; invasive size; lung adenocarcinoma; spread through airspaces; tumour size.

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