Datasets

Lung Cancers

Scope

The dataset has been developed for the pathology reporting of resection specimens of malignant epithelial cancers of the lung. The dataset applies to small cell carcinoma and carcinoid tumours, as well as non-small cell types of lung carcinoma. While originally used primarily for non-small cell lung carcinoma, the TNM staging system has since also been validated for small cell carcinoma and carcinoid tumours.

Benign tumours may be reported at the discretion of the pathologist though not all core elements will be applicable, e.g., TNM staging. It is not applicable for bronchoscopic and transthoracic biopsy specimens. Synchronous primary tumours should be reported separately, denoting each staging with a suffix of ‘m’ so that multiplicity is documented. Data from non-epithelial tumours should be collected using other ICCR datasets, where available (e.g., primary pulmonary lymphomas, sarcomas).

Publication History

4th edition – April 2023. Updated following the publication of the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Thoracic Tumours, 5th edition. Other minor updates were also included.

  • To reference this dataset please use the following citation: Nicholson AG, Butnor KJ, Calabrese F, Chou T, Hwang D, Kern I, Popat S, Sholl L, Yatabe Y, Cooper W (2023). Lung Cancer Histopathology Reporting Guide. 4th edition. International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting; Sydney, Australia. ISBN: 978-1-922324-34-4.

3rd edition – August 2017. Updated following the publication of the 8th edition of TNM staging. Other minor updates were also included.

2nd edition – May 2016. Updated following the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumours of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus and Heart, 4th edition, 2015. Other minor updates were also included.

1st edition – November 2013. Developed as part of the initial pilot project in 2011-2012.

  • Read more on the Lung cancer dataset (1st edition) from the journal article written by the dataset authors: Data set for reporting of lung carcinomas: recommendations from International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting. Jones KD, Churg A, Henderson DW, Hwang DM, Ma Wyatt J, Nicholson AG, Rice AJ, Washington MK and Butnor KJ (2013). Arch Pathol Lab Med. 137:1054-1062.

Expert Committee

The 4th edition of the dataset for Lung cancer was developed by the following international team:

  • Chair – Andrew Nicholson, UK
  • ICCR Series Champion – Wendy Cooper, Australia

Domain experts:

  • Kelly Butnor, USA
  • Fiorella Calabrese, Italy
  • Teh-Ying Chou, Taiwan
  • David Hwang, Canada
  • Izidor Kern, Slovenia
  • Sanjay Popat, UK
  • Lynette Sholl, USA
  • Yasushi Yatabe, Japan

Authors of previous editions of this dataset are available here.

Donate

Contact

©2023 ICCR | ABN: 69 601 723 960
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the Privacy Policy. It appears you're using an old version of Internet Explorer for safer and optimum browsing experience please upgrade your browser.