Impact of the change from the seventh to eighth edition of the AJCC TNM classification of malignant tumours and comparison with the MACIS prognostic scoring system in non-medullary thyroid cancer.

S DwamenaN PatelR EganM StechmanD M Scott-Coombes

Published in: BJS open (2019)

Compared with TNM7, TNM8 downstaged more patients to stage I and accurately reflected worse prognosis for stage IV disease. TNM8 is an inferior predictor of mortality compared with MACIS.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
machine learning
prognostic factors
deep learning
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
risk factors