Equipping the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging for Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma with Tumor Grade: A Novel Staging System.
Hu RenChao-Rui WuGuo-Tong QiuLi-Peng ZhangSaderbieke AimaitiCheng-Feng WangPublished in: Journal of oncology (2020)
The novel staging system incorporating tumor grade into the 8th AJCC system was associated with better prognostic accuracy, homogeneity, and discriminatory ability among resectable PDAC patients. Moreover, the novel staging system also allowed possibly adjuvant chemotherapy decisions.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- pet ct
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- locally advanced
- papillary thyroid
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- liver metastases
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patient reported outcomes
- young adults
- lymph node metastasis
- rectal cancer
- patient reported
- resting state