Consideration of Age Is Necessary for Increasing the Accuracy of the AJCC TNM Staging System of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Consideration of Age Is Necessary for Increasing the Accuracy of the AJCC TNM Staging System of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Purpose: Currently, of the two most common staging systems of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) one is from the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) and the other is from the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). However, there are imperfections in both these staging systems.Pat...

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Main Authors: Zhengshi Wang, Wenli Jiang, Lijuan Zheng, Jie Yan, Jiaqi Dai, Caiguo Huang, Qian Zhang, Zhiqiang Yin, Xiangnan Gong, Yun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
AJCC
overall survival
SEER
age
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00906/full

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