Comparative evaluation of TNM staging systems (eighth vs. ninth edition) for the non-surgical treatment of localized and locally advanced anal squamous cell carcinoma: Prognostic significance of T classification and lymph node status

• Aihong Zheng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aihong Zheng, Hong’en Xu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

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• Hong’en Xu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aihong Zheng, Hong’en Xu

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital BiJie Hospital, BiJie First People’s Hospital, Bijie, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China

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• Yiming Tao,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Interventional Medicine, Tongxiang First People’s Hospital, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

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• Bingchen Chen,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

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• Jieni Ding,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

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• Tao Song ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: songtao@hmc.edu.cn (TS); 309960266@qq.com (YL)

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5579-7115

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• Yanwei Lu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: songtao@hmc.edu.cn (TS); 309960266@qq.com (YL)

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

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