Open AccessRisk of Recurrence in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Comparison of the 7th and 8th Editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Systems
Author(s) -
Tong J. Gan,
Bin Huang,
Quan Chen,
Heather F. Sinner,
Cortney Y. Lee,
David A. Sloan,
Reese W. Randle
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.764
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1534-4681
pISSN - 1068-9265
DOI - 10.1245/s10434-019-07275-1
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , hazard ratio , stage (stratigraphy) , surgical oncology , cancer , confidence interval , population , cancer registry , oncology , epidemiology , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) survival is excellent, making recurrence a more clinically relevant prognosticator. We hypothesized that the new American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th edition improves on the utility of the 7th edition in predicting the risk of recurrence in DTC.