A Comparison between the Sixth and Seventh Editions of the UICC/AJCC Staging System for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in a Chinese Cohort

Jing Li; Xiong Zou; Yun-Long Wu; Jing-Cui Guo; Jing-Ping Yun; Miao Xu; Qi-Sheng Feng; Li-Zhen Chen; Jin-Xin Bei; Yi-Xin Zeng; Ming-Yuan Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116261

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A Comparison between the Sixth and Seventh Editions of the UICC/AJCC Staging System for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in a Chinese Cohort

Jing Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Li, Xiong Zou

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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Xiong Zou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Li, Xiong Zou

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Yun-Long Wu,

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Jing-Cui Guo,

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Jing-Ping Yun,

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Miao Xu,

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Qi-Sheng Feng,

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Li-Zhen Chen,

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Jin-Xin Bei,

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Yi-Xin Zeng ,

* E-mail: zengyix@mail.sysu.edu.cn (YXZ); chmingy@mail.sysu.edu.cn (MYC)

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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Ming-Yuan Chen

* E-mail: zengyix@mail.sysu.edu.cn (YXZ); chmingy@mail.sysu.edu.cn (MYC)

Affiliations Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China, Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, No. 651, Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou 510060, P. R. China
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A Comparison between the Sixth and Seventh Editions of the UICC/AJCC Staging System for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in a Chinese Cohort

Jing Li,
Xiong Zou,
Yun-Long Wu,
Jing-Cui Guo,
Jing-Ping Yun,
Miao Xu,
Qi-Sheng Feng,
Li-Zhen Chen,
Jin-Xin Bei,
Yi-Xin Zeng

Published: December 23, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116261

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