Reassessment of the Current American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Qadan M, Ma Y, Visser BC, Kunz PL, Fisher GA, Norton JA, Poultsides GA. Reassessment of the Current American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2013, 218: 188-195. PMID: 24321190, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsAmerican Joint CommitteeStaging systemTNM systemOverall survivalSurgical resectionAJCC systemNeuroendocrine tumorsStage IIIJoint CommitteeCurative-intent surgical resectionEnd Results program dataStage IICurrent American Joint CommitteeCurrent AJCC staging systemCurrent AJCC systemDistant metastatic diseaseUnified staging systemDiscriminatory abilityCancer (AJCC) staging systemAJCC staging systemLymph node metastasisImproved discriminatory abilityNew TNM systemTNM subgroups