Prognostic value and differences of the sixth and seventh editions of the UICC/AJCC staging systems in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-314

  Sun, Rui ^a   Qiu, Hui Zhi ^c   Mai, Hai Qiang ^a   Zhang, Qing ^b   Hong, Ming Huang ^a   Li, Yan Xian ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Sun, Jian ^a   Mo, Hao Yuan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

American Joint Committee on Cancer; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognosis; Staging system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRATEMPORAL FOSSA; INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER AMERICAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON CANCER STAGING SYSTEM SEVENTH EDITION; INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST CANCER AMERICAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON CANCER STAGING SYSTEM SIXTH EDITION; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SKULL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR INVASION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874988542     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-012-1333-9     Document Type: Article

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