Revised tumor and node categorization for rectal cancer based on surveillance, epidemiology, and end results and rectal pooled analysis outcomes.

L Gunderson, Leonard; Milburn Jessup, John; J Sargent, Daniel; L Greene, Frederick; Stewart, Andrew

doi:10.1200/jco.2009.23.9194

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Revised tumor and node categorization for rectal cancer based on surveillance, epidemiology, and end results and rectal pooled analysis outcomes.

Published in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology • Jan 10, 2010

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Authors:

Leonard L Gunderson

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John Milburn Jessup

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Daniel J Sargent

Abstract

PURPOSE: The sixth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) rectal cancer staging subdivided stage II into IIA (T3N0) and IIB (T4N0) and stage III into IIIA (T1-2N1M0), IIIB (T3-4N1M0), and IIIC (anyTN2M0). Subsequent analyses supported revised substaging of stage III as a result of ...

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