Tumor volume/metabolic information can improve the prognostication of anatomy based staging system for nasopharyngeal cancer? Evaluation of the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC staging system for nasopharyngeal cancer.

Radiat Oncol J · 2018 · PMC6361247 · PMID 30630268

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According to the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC staging system, 5-year OS rates were 100%, 96.2%, 80.1%, and 71.7% for stage I, II, III, and IVA, respectively, and differences between stage I and III (p = 0.062), I and IVA (p = 0.032), II and III (p = 0.041), and II and IVA (p = 0.012) were statistically significant or marginally significant ( Fig. 1B ).

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