Accurate disease staging of patients with pancreatic cancer is essential to divide patients
into prognostic subgroups, to allow delivery of stage‐specific therapies, and to facilitate …

Accurate pretreatment staging of pancreatic cancer is a crucial initial step in the
development of a stage-specific treatment plan, either on-or off-protocol for any patient with …

Abstract BACKGROUND: American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) anatomic stage
group is considered relatively nondiscriminatory for predicting differences in survival after …

Background The 8th edition of the AJCC staging system for pancreatic cancer incorporated
several significant changes. This study sought to evaluate this staging system and assess its …

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate and validate the proposed 8th edition
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) system for T and N staging of pancreatic …

Extended surgery is being widely performed to treat pancreatic cancer in Japan, but it has
not been evaluated in the same way as in other countries. We, therefore, compared the …

A standardized method for pathologic evaluation and staging of pancreaticoduodenectomy
(PD) specimens is critical for accurate reporting of the number and location of lymph nodes …

Imaging studies play an important role in the diagnosis and management of patients with
pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography (CT) is the most widely available and …

Background AJCC staging of pancreatic cancer (PAC) is used to determine prognosis, yet
survival within each stage shows wide variation and remains unpredictable. We …

BACKGROUND With the development of stage‐specific treatments for pancreatic cancer,
controversies exist concerning optimal clinical and pathologic staging. The most recent …