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The American Joint Committee on Cancer: the 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and the Future of TNM

Stephen B. Edge, +2 more
- 24 Feb 2010 - 
- Vol. 17, Iss: 6, pp 1471-1474
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A marked increase in the use of international datasets for more highly evidenced-based changes in staging, and the enhanced use of nonanatomic prognostic factors in defining the stage grouping are notable.
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The American Joint Committee on Cancer and the International Union for Cancer Control update the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) cancer staging system periodically. The most recent revision is the 7th edition, effective for cancers diagnosed on or after January 1, 2010. This editorial summarizes the background of the current revision and outlines the major issues revised. Most notable are the marked increase in the use of international datasets for more highly evidenced-based changes in staging, and the enhanced use of nonanatomic prognostic factors in defining the stage grouping. The future of cancer staging lies in the use of enhanced registry data standards to support personalization of cancer care through cancer outcome prediction models and nomograms.

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Adjunctive role of preoperative liver magnetic resonance imaging for potentially resectable pancreatic cancer

Hyoung Woo Kim, +8 more
- 01 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: Preoperative hepatic magnetic resonance imaging should be considered in patients with potentially resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, especially those with high tumor burden, as well as in surgeons select appropriate candidates and decrease the risk of early recurrence.
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Characteristics and Limitations of FDG PET/CT for Imaging of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: A Comprehensive Review of Anatomy, Metastatic Pathways, and Image Findings.

Nicholas A. Plaxton, +6 more
- 23 Oct 2015 - 
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Development of a deregulating microRNA panel for the detection of early relapse in postoperative colorectal cancer patients

I-Ping Yang, +8 more
- 29 Apr 2016 - 
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Skip metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma is difficult to predict in clinical practice

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- 25 Oct 2017 - 
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Staging of pancreatic cancer based on the number of positive lymph nodes.

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- 01 Apr 2017 - 
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