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Overall survival was calculated using the Kaplan\u2013Meier method, and prognosis assessed using multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression to guide proposed changes to the Eighth Edition TNM classification. The innovations in the Ninth Edition TNM are: the T categories remain the same as in the Eighth Edition but descriptors previously considered separately were transferred to the official list of descriptors; the N2 category was subdivided into N2a (involvement of a single N2 station) and N2b (involvement of multiple N2 stations); the M1c category was subdivided into M1c1 (multiple extrathoracic metastases in a single organ system) and M1c2 (multiple extrathoracic metastases in multiple organ systems); and tumor cells spread through air spaces was introduced as an additional pathological descriptor. 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