(P = 0.0011).CONCLUSIONSIn the 2002 TNM classification for breast carcinoma, patients with T4anyNM0 disease should form a distinct stage grouping and this stage grouping (Stage IIIC) should be placed before Stage IV, and Stage IIIB disease groupings should include patients with T1,2,3N3M0 ...
3 The project has been recognized by the International Union Against Cancer as the primary source for recommendations for revisions to the sixth edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours and has received funding from the American Joint Committee on Cancer to separately submit proposals ...
This validation of the eighth edition stage classification brings the effort underlying the NCDB full circle. The NCDB was established to collect detailed data regarding patients with cancer to enhance the ability to understand the impact of many factors and changes over time. To accomplish this, an...