The combined pN stage and breast cancer subtypes in breast cancer: a better discriminator of outcome can be used to refine the 8th AJCC staging manual.
Zheng-Jun YangYue YuJiang-Rui ChiMeng GuanYing ZhaoXu-Chen CaoPublished in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2018)
The pNnew stage (combined pN stage and BCS) appears to be a more powerful predictor and discriminator for the outcome of breast cancer, as compared to pN stage or BCS alone, and the TNnewM stage may serve as a simple, easy-to-use alternative to the 8th AJCC edition staging manual.
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