In the past, all staging systems for gastric cancer defined N stage by location of node metastases relative to the primary (Hermanek and Sobin, 1992; JRSGC, 1995). In order to simplify the pN ...

SINGAPORE — Proposed updates to the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification for lung cancer will affect the way patients are staged, experts say. The updates for the 9th Edition of the TNM ...

Before therapy commences for any cancer patient, 3 essential factors should be known: the site of origin, the histological type (including grade) and the extent or stage of the cancer. Cancer staging ...

Pancreatic endocrine tumors are rare diseases and devising a clinically effective prognostic stratification of patients is a major clinical challenge. This study aimed at assessing whether the ...

Multi-Institutional Phase II Study of Selumetinib in Patients With Metastatic Biliary Cancers Five hundred fifty-four patients (338 men and 216 women; median age, 68 years) had undergone partial or ...

The new TNM 7 lung cancer staging system seems to be a better predictor of local or regional recurrence of lung cancer following surgery, according to a study published in the April issue of the ...

The widely used TNM staging system is poorly predictive of response to adjuvant chemotherapy in Stage II and III colon cancer. As a result, there is overutilization of adjuvant chemotherapy in some ...

What is the TNM staging system? The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and how far it has spread. It helps your doctor decide the best treatment for you. The TNM staging system stands for: The ...

The new TNM 7 lung cancer staging system seems to be a better predictor of local or regional recurrence of lung cancer following surgery, according to a new study. The new TNM 7 lung cancer staging ...

The TNM staging system is the most common way to stage breast cancer in the UK. Doctors may also use a number staging system. Staging for breast cancer is very complex. Many different factors are ...