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How to improve the present TNM staging system
Author(s) -
Hermanek Paul,
Sobin Leslie H.,
Wittekind Christian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19991201)86:11<2189::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - medicine , staging system , tnm staging system , lymph node metastasis , lymph node , metastasis , distant metastasis , stage (stratigraphy) , neoplasm staging , oncology , radiology , general surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
Improvements to the present TNM staging system may be achieved by the inclusion of proven nonanatomic prognostic factors independent of tumor extent, lymph node status, and the presence or absence of metastasis. See also pages 2436–46.