Comparison of the 7th and 8th Edition of the UICC/AJCC TNM Staging System in Primary Resected Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Lung—A Single Center Analysis of 354 Cases

Comparison of the 7th and 8th Edition of the UICC/AJCC TNM Staging System in Primary Resected Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Lung—A Single Center Analysis of 354 Cases

Background: The AJCC/UICC TNM (tumor, node, metastasis) classification is a standardized system for the description of anatomical extent and stage grouping of solid malignant tumors and is regularly updated. We aimed at testing the new 2017 8th edition of the TNM classification (TNM8) compared to th...

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Main Authors: Christina Neppl, Manuel D. Keller, Amina Scherz, Patrick Dorn, Ralph A. Schmid, Inti Zlobec, Sabina Berezowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
TNM
staging
lung cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
NSCLC
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00196/full

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