A comparison between the sixth and seventh editions of the UICC/AJCC staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a Chinese cohort.

BACKGROUND:The International Union Against Cancer/American Joint Committee on Cancer (UICC/AJCC) TNM staging system of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the most important system for survival prediction. The TNM 7th edition UICC/AJCC TNM staging system for NPC was adopted in January 2009, and is now...

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Main Authors: Jing Li, Xiong Zou, Yun-Long Wu, Jing-Cui Guo, Jing-Ping Yun, Miao Xu, Qi-Sheng Feng, Li-Zhen Chen, Jin-Xin Bei, Yi-Xin Zeng, Ming-Yuan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4275293?pdf=render