Benefits of the 8th American Joint Committee on Cancer System for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Staging

ConclusionThe staging criteria, in the most recent edition of AJCC, are simplified and allowed tumor understaging. These changes do not have independent prognostic value. The prognostic impact of pT understaging should be evaluated in larger cohorts.

Source: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer - March 15, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research