A modified TNM staging system for non-metastatic colorectal cancer based on nomogram analysis of SEER database

Abstract Background To revise the American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging system for colorectal cancer (CRC) based on a nomogram analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, and to prove the rationality of enhancing T stage’s weighting in our previously proposed T-...

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Main Authors: Xiangxing Kong, Jun Li, Yibo Cai, Yu Tian, Shengqiang Chi, Danyang Tong, Yeting Hu, Qi Yang, Jingsong Li, Graeme Poston, Ying Yuan, Kefeng Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3796-1