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01-04-2019 | Esophageal Cancer | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: It is Essential to Explore More Accurate Nodal Staging System for Esophageal Cancer
Authors:
Wen-Ping Wang, MD, Long-Qi Chen, MD
Published in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Issue 4/2019
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Excerpt
The AJCC TNM staging for esophageal cancer (8th edition) has been in use since 2018.
1 The nodal staging in the 8th edition TNM is unchanged from the 7th edition in that it is based on the number of regional lymph nodes (LNs) involved; however, the regional LN map has been revised. Stations 5, 6, and 10 will not be included for the calculations to determine nodal staging.
2 The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the elimination of these LN stations in the 8th edition TNM staging was appropriate.
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