Association of T and N Categories of the American Joint Commission on Cancer, 8th Edition, With Metastasis and Survival in Patients With Orbital Sarcoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

No previous studies to date have validated the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th edition of the TNM classification for orbital sarcoma.

Objectives

To determine the prognostic performance of the most recent TNM classification for orbital sarcoma and to identify other prognostic factors for local recurrence, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, and death due to disease.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center retrospective cohort study included 73 consecutive patients treated for orbital sarcoma from March 1, 2003, through June 30, 2018. Data were analyzed from November 1 to December 31, 2018.

Main outcomes and measures

T and N categories at presentation and disease-related outcomes, including local recurrence, lymph node

SUBMITTER: Sa HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047857 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature