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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 7/2010

01-07-2010 | Thoracic Oncology

7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual: Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction

Authors: Thomas W. Rice, MD, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Valerie W. Rusch, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 7/2010

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In previous editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Cancer Staging Manual, esophageal cancer staging was neither data driven nor harmonized with stomach cancer. The new staging system presented in the 7th edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, in contrast, is data driven and harmonized.1 This commentary describes development of the new system and highlights the changes and additions. …
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Edge SB, Byrd DR, Compton CC, et al., eds. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 7th ed. New York: Springer-Verlag; 2009. p. 103–15.
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Rice TW, Rusch VW, Apperson-Hansen C, et al. Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration. Dis Esophagus. 2009;22:1–8.CrossRefPubMed
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Ishwaran H, Blackstone EH, Apperson-Hansen C, et al. A novel approach to cancer staging: application to esophageal cancer. Biostatistics. 2009;10:603–20.CrossRefPubMed
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Rice TW, Rusch VW, Ishwaran H, et al. Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: data-driven staging for the 7th edition of the AJCC/UICC cancer staging manual. Cancer (in press).
Metadata
Title
7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual: Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction
Authors
Thomas W. Rice, MD
Eugene H. Blackstone, MD
Valerie W. Rusch, MD
Publication date
01-07-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 7/2010
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-010-1024-1

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