Validation of the 8th edition of the UICC/AJCC staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

作者：Min Kang, Pingting Zhou, Guisheng Li, Haolin Yan, Guosheng Feng, Meilian Liu, Jinxian Zhu, Rensheng Wang · 发表于：Oncotarget · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.18632/oncotarget.19829 · 被引用次数：26 · 研究领域：Head and Neck Cancer Studies、Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations、Lung Cancer Research Studies

// Min Kang 1, * , Pingting Zhou 1, * , Guisheng Li 2 , Haolin Yan 3 , Guosheng Feng 4 , Meilian Liu 5 , Jinxian Zhu 6 and Rensheng Wang 1 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, P.R. China 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Liuzhou Worker Hospital, Liuzhou 545000, Guangxi, P.R. China 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, First People’s Hospital of Yulin City, Yulin 537000, Guangxi, P.R. China 4 Department of Radiation Oncology, People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, Guangxi, P.R. China 5 Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541000, Guangxi, P.R. China 6 Department of Radiation Oncology, Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital, Wuzhou 543000, Guangxi, P.R. China * These authors have contributed equally to this work Correspondence to: Rensheng Wang, email: 13807806008@163.com Keywords: nasopharyngeal carcinoma, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, UICC/AJCC staging system, prognosis, differences Received: May 11, 2017     Accepted: June 28, 2017     Published: August 02, 2017 ABSTRACT An accurate TNM staging system is crucial for treatment guidance and prognosis prediction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the 8th edition of the Union for International Cancer Control/American Joint Committee on Cancer (UICC/AJCC) staging system...