Implications for Breast Cancer Restaging Based on the 8th Edition AJCC Staging Manual.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the changes that have resulted from the latest breast cancer staging guidelines and the potential impact on prognosis.

Background

Contemporary data suggest that combining anatomic staging and tumor biology yields a predictive synergy for determining breast cancer prognosis. This forms the basis for the American Joint Committee on Cancer's (AJCC) Staging Manual, 8th edition. We assessed the changes that have resulted from the new staging guidelines and the potential impact on prognosis.

Methods

Women with stages I to III breast cancer from 2010 to 2014 in the National Cancer Data Base were pathologically staged according to the 7th and 8th editions of the AJCC Staging Manual. Patient characteristics and restaging outcomes were summarized. Unadjust

SUBMITTER: Plichta JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588495 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature