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TNM Staging System

Known as: TNM Classifications, Staging Systems, TNM, Staging, TNM 
A system developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) that uses TNM to describe the extent of cancer in a patient's body. T describes… 
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Diagnostic Neoplasm Staging
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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Comparison of the Seventh and Eighth Editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer/Union for International Cancer Control Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging System for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and prognostic validity for disease-specific survival (DSS) of the eighth edition American… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Laparoscopic Versus Open Subtotal Gastrectomy for Adenocarcinoma: A Case–Control Study
ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to compare technical feasibility and oncologic efficacy of totally laparoscopic versus open… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Risk Factors Contributing to a Poor Prognosis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Validity of UICC/AJCC TNM Classification and Stage Grouping
BackgroundIn 2002, the UICC/AJCC TNM classification for papillary thyroid carcinoma was revised. In this study, we examined the… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Optimal Pathologic Staging: Defining Stage II Disease
Tumor stage remains the most important determinant of prognosis in colorectal cancer and is the basis of all authoritative… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Collecting duct renal cell carcinoma: clinical study of a rare tumor.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Patterns of angiogenesis in nonsmall‐cell lung carcinoma
Tumor angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in tumor growth, maintenance, and metastasis. The objective of the current study was to… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Polypoid tumors of the major duodenal papilla: preoperative staging with intraductal US, EUS, and CT--a prospective, histopathologically controlled study.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Prognostic significance of the 1997 TNM classification of renal cell carcinoma.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
TNM staging of pancreatic carcinoma using helical CT.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of helical CT scanning in predicting the stage of carcinoma of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Outcome of radical surgery for carcinoma of the gallbladder according to the TNM stage.
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