In the past, all staging systems for gastric cancer defined N stage by location of node metastases relative to the primary (Hermanek and Sobin, 1992; JRSGC, 1995). In order to simplify the pN ...
Validation of the lung cancer staging system revisions using a large prospective clinical trial database (ACOSOG Z0030). Background: A change of staging classification has been associated with ...
Show More Hideki Ueno, Hidetaka Mochizuki, Hideyuki Shimazaki, and Takahiro Nakamura, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa; Yoshito Akagi, Kurume University Faculty of Medicine, Kurume; Takaya ...
The tumour, node, metastasis (TNM) classification is a universal cancer staging system, which has been used for five decades. The current seventh edition became effective in 2010 and covers six ...