The Effect of the New Eighth Edition Breast Cancer Staging System on 100 Consecutive Patients.

Conclusions: When comparing the seventh edition vs. current eighth edition staging, few patients (especially those with early stage cancer) underwent a stage change. However, there were significant changes in stage when comparing early eighth vs. current eighth stages. Considering these changes were mostly downstages and many patients reverted to their original seventh edition stage, the current eighth edition is based on a personalized, less radical staging approach, one that is more synonymous with original seventh edition staging. PMID: 31143307 [PubMed]
Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: J Clin Med Res Source Type: research