Dr. Susan MacDonald breaks down the TNM staging system (Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis) to help patients understand their clinical diagnosis. In the complex and often overwhelming world of oncology, words ...
Efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant modified FOLFOX-4 following chemoradioterapy for stage III rectum adenocarcinoma. Background: Digestive endocrine tumors (dETs) are in 40%-60% of cases advanced ...
The process of staging lung cancer accurately plays a major role in establishing treatment options and predicting survival. Proper lung cancer staging demands a thorough understanding of TNM-8, which ...
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 ...
Validation of the lung cancer staging system revisions using a large prospective clinical trial database (ACOSOG Z0030). Background: A change of staging classification has been associated with ...
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 ...