Stage migration with the new American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system (8th edition) for differentiated thyroid cancer

Tumor, node, and metastasis staging in thyroid carcinoma is important for assessing prognosis. However, patients with stage III or IV disease have an overall survival rate of 90%. The change to 55 years of age as the cutoff will create stage migration and many patients will be downstaged.

Source: Surgery - November 8, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Ashok R. Shaha, Jocelyn C. Migliacci, Iain J. Nixon, Laura Y. Wang, Richard J. Wong, Luc G.T. Morris, Snehal G. Patel, Jatin P. Shah, R. Michael Tuttle, Ian Ganly Source Type: research