A relook at the 8th edition of the AJCC TNM staging system of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: A SEER-based study.
Jingzhe XiangZhi-Hong WangWei SunHao ZhangPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2020)
The new T classification is an effective predictor of survival for patients with ATC. The results support the use of T definitions as per those of differentiated thyroid cancer. However, whether lymph node metastasis should be taken into account for defining ATC TNM staging should be reconsidered.