Proposal for the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC staging system for nasopharyngeal cancer in the era of intensity‐modulated radiotherapy

Jianji Pan; Wai Tong Ng; Jing Zong; Lucy Chan; Brian O’Sullivan; Shao Jun Lin; Henry Sze; Yun Bin Chen; Cheuk‐Wai Choi; Qiao Juan Guo; Wai Kuen Kan; You Ping Xiao; Wei Xu; Quynh‐Thu Le; Christine M. Glastonbury; A. Dimitrios Colevas; Randal S. Weber; Jatin P. Shah; Anne W.M. Lee

doi:10.1002/cncr.29795

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After a review by AJCC/UICC preparatory committees, the changes recommended for the 8th edition include changing MP/LP involvement from T4 to T2, adding prevertebral muscle involvement as T2, replacing SCF with the lower neck and merging this with a maximum nodal diameter > 6 cm as N3, and merging T4 and N3 as stage IVA criteria. These changes will lead not only to a better distinction of hazards between adjacent stages/categories but also to optimal balance in clinical practicability and global applicability.

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