scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

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
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
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.
Abstract: 
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.

read more

Content maybe subject to copyright    Report

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Induction chemotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: role, controversy, and future directions.

Robert I. Haddad, +6 more
- 01 May 2018 - 
TL;DR: TPF is an evidence-based ICT regimen of choice in LA SCCHN and confers benefits in suitable patients when it is administered safely by an experienced multidisciplinary team and paired with the optimal post-ICT regimen, for which, however, no consensus currently exists.
Journal ArticleDOI

Survival outcomes with concurrent chemoradiation for elderly patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer according to the National Cancer Data Base

Arya Amini, +10 more
- 15 May 2016 - 
TL;DR: The overall survival benefit of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients older than 70 years is debated and this study examines the outcomes of elderly patients receiving CRT versus radiotherapy (RT) alone.
Journal ArticleDOI

Resection of At-Risk Mesenteric Lymph Nodes Is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors

Christine S. Landry, +9 more
- 09 May 2013 - 
TL;DR: This review of a large number of surgical patients demonstrates that regional mesenteric lymphadenectomy in conjunction with resection of the primary tumor is associated with improved survival of patients with small bowel neuroendocrine tumors.
Journal ArticleDOI

Health-related quality of life after diagnosis and treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer and association with type of surgical treatment

Brooke Nickel, +10 more
- 01 Mar 2019 - 
TL;DR: It appears that issues with HRQOL should be considered by patients and physicians when deciding on the best treatment approach after a diagnosis of DTC, and these are more prevalent among patients who have total thyroidectomies rather than hemithyroidECTomies.
Journal ArticleDOI

Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Yield on Overall Survival in Esophageal Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

E. Visser, +4 more
- 01 Feb 2019 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis determined whether increased lymph node yield improves survival in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy with or without neoadjuvant therapy.
Related Papers (5)

Global cancer statistics

Ahmedin Jemal, +4 more
- 01 Jan 1999 - 

Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries

Freddie Bray, +5 more
- 01 Nov 2018 - 

Global cancer statistics, 2012

Lindsey A. Torre, +5 more
- 01 Mar 2015 - 

Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012.

Jacques Ferlay, +8 more
- 01 Mar 2015 - 

AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

Mahul B. Amin, +19 more