Next, we compared intestinal and diffuse adenocarcinomas separately (Appendix Tables A3 and A4, online only). Survival of patients with intestinal carcinoma and of patients with diffuse carcinoma ...

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 ...

Aim: To compare the new, 6th edition, UICC TNM staging system with the former edition, we updated TNM staging in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Methods: The new and old TNM ...

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 ...

Tumor deposits are a significant prognostic factor in colorectal cancer, yet underutilized in N-staging. Ten novel models incorporating tumor deposits showed improved prognostic performance over the ...

Phase II Trial of Cetuximab, Gemcitabine, and Oxaliplatin Followed by Chemoradiation With Cetuximab for Locally Advanced (T4) Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Correlation of Smad4(Dpc4) Immunostaining With ...

The tumour, node, metastasis (TNM) classification is a universal cancer staging system, which has been used for five decades. The current seventh edition became effective in 2010 and covers six ...