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The revised AJCC 8th edition introduces prognostic stage group in breast cancer. "Breast tumor biology is critically important," said Mittendorf, who served on the expert panel for the revision.
Patients’ stage at diagnosis was classified according to the AJCC 7th (AJCC-7) and 8th (AJCC-8) editions. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) was defined as time from diagnosis ...
Colon Cancer Staging Variable for SEER Data (1975-2003): A complex user-defined variable was defined to show colorectal cancer rates by AJCC stage, 5th Edition.
A new staging system that integrates tumor deposits with lymph node counts provides superior survival stratification and staging than the standard AJCC staging.
The diagnostic and staging criteria for epithelial appendiceal neoplasms have been significantly revised recently in the updated 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual ...
Class 1A and 2B-predicted MSS outcomes for each stage were compared to 5-year MSS rates associated with AJCC 8th edition stage groups.
The AJCC 6th edition further separated TNM stage II disease into subgroups IIA (T3, N0, M0) and IIB (T4, N0, M0).
Ma's team's study result, Refining the 8th edition TNM classification for EBV related nasopharyngeal carcinoma, was published in the oncology journal Cancer Cell.