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SUBMITTER: Onoda N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7139873 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Onoda Naoyoshi N Sugitani Iwao I Ito Ken-Ichi KI Suzuki Akifumi A Higashiyama Takuya T Fukumori Tatsuya T Suganuma Nobuyasu N Masudo Katsuhiko K Nakayama Hirotaka H Uno Atsuhiko A Yane Katsunari K Yoshimoto Seiichi S Ebina Aya A Kawasaki Yukari Y Maeda Shigeto S Iwadate Manabu M Suzuki Shinichi S
Cancers 20200227 3
<h4>Background</h4>The tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) classification system to categorized anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) was revised.<h4>Methods</h4>The revised system was evaluated using a large database of ATC patients.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 757 patients were analyzed. The proportion and median overall survival values (OS: months) for each T category were T1 (<i>n</i> = 8, 1.1%, 12.5), T2 (<i>n</i> = 43, 5.7%, 10.9), T3a (<i>n</i> = 117, 15.5%, 5.7), T3b (<i>n</i> = 438, 57.9%, 3.9), and T4 ...[more]