Comparison of the 6th and 7th Editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging System in Patients With Resected Esophageal Carcinoma Po-Kuei Hsu, MD, Yu-Chung Wu, MD, Teh-Ying Chou, MD, Chien-Sheng Huang, MD, Wen-Hu Hsu, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 89, Issue 4, Pages 1024-1031 (April 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.017 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients stratified by tumor “T” (A), node “N” (B), and metastasis “M” (C) classifications. Survival differences were analyzed using Cox regression model. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 1024-1031DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.017) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients stratified by histology grade (A) and cancer location (B). Survival differences were analyzed using Cox regression model. (G = grade.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 1024-1031DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.017) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients stratified by the 6th edition staging system. (A) Classified as all five substages. (B) Classified as four major stages. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 1024-1031DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.017) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients stratified by the 7th edition staging system. (A) Classified as all eight substages. (B) Classified as four major stages. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 1024-1031DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.017) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions