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Prognostic Validity of a Novel American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Classification for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Validation of AJCC Staging System for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
JR Strosberg, A Cheema, J Weber, G Han, D Coppola, LK Kvols
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2011 Jun 27
J Clin Oncol
Prognostic Validity of a Novel American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Classification for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jun 27;[Epub Ahead of Print], JR Strosberg, A Cheema, J Weber, G Han, D Coppola, LK Kvols
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OncologySTAT Editorial Team
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are uncommon, and devising a clinically effective prognostic stratification system for patients with these tumors has been challenging. Two TNM-based systems have recently been introduced. In 2006, the European Neuroendocrine Tumors Society (ENETS) proposed a four-stage, three-grade classification of gastroenteropancreatic NETs, which has since been validated in a single-center retrospective analysis of 202 patients with foregut NETs, most originating in the...
