There are few systematic evaluations regarding the sixth and seventh editions of the UICC/AJCC TNM Staging System (TNM6th, TNM7th) and Chinese 2008 Staging System (TNMc2008) for nasopharyngeal ...

Pancreatic endocrine tumors are rare diseases and devising a clinically effective prognostic stratification of patients is a major clinical challenge. This study aimed at assessing whether the ...

Before therapy commences for any cancer patient, 3 essential factors should be known: the site of origin, the histological type (including grade) and the extent or stage of the cancer. Cancer staging ...

Salvage Chemotherapy for Pretreated Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Chemotherapy Plus Best Supportive Care With Best Supportive Care Alone Histologic components of the TNM ...

Efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant modified FOLFOX-4 following chemoradioterapy for stage III rectum adenocarcinoma. Background: Digestive endocrine tumors (dETs) are in 40%-60% of cases advanced ...

The new TNM 7 lung cancer staging system seems to be a better predictor of local or regional recurrence of lung cancer following surgery, according to a new study. The new TNM 7 lung cancer staging ...

Tumor deposits are a significant prognostic factor in colorectal cancer, yet underutilized in N-staging. Ten novel models incorporating tumor deposits showed improved prognostic performance over the ...

What is the TNM staging system? The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and how far it has spread. It helps your doctor decide the best treatment for you. The TNM staging system stands for: The ...

The widely used TNM staging system is poorly predictive of response to adjuvant chemotherapy in Stage II and III colon cancer. As a result, there is overutilization of adjuvant chemotherapy in some ...