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J Cancer 2020; 11(12):3483-3491. doi:10.7150/jca.36891 This issue Cite

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Multicenter Validation Study of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (8th Edition) for Gastric Cancer: Proposal for a Simplified and Improved TNM Staging System

Jian-Xian Lin1,2*, Jacopo Desiderio3*, Jun-Peng Lin1*, Wei Wang4*, Ru-Hong Tu1, Ping Li1,2, Jian-Wei Xie1, Jia-Bin Wang1,2, Jun Lu1,2, Qi-Yue Chen1, Long-Long Cao1, Mi Lin1, Chao-Hui Zheng1,2, Zhi-wei Zhou4✉, Amilcare Parisi3✉, Chang-Ming Huang1,2✉

1. Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
2. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
3. Department of Digestive Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, University of Perugia, Terni, Italy
4. Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
*Lin JX, Desiderio J, Lin JP, and Wang W contributed equally to this work and should be considered co-first authors.

✉ Corresponding authors: Zhi-Wei Zhou, E-mail: zhouzhworg.cn; Department of Gastric and Pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China. Amilcare Parisi, E-mail: amilcareparisiit; Department of Digestive Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, University of Perugia, Terni, Italy. Chang-Ming Huang, E-mail: hcmlr2002com; Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, No. 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou 350001, China. Telephone: +86-591-83363366, Fax: +86-591-83363366 More

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Lin JX, Desiderio J, Lin JP, Wang W, Tu RH, Li P, Xie JW, Wang JB, Lu J, Chen QY, Cao LL, Lin M, Zheng CH, Zhou Zw, Parisi A, Huang CM. Multicenter Validation Study of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (8th Edition) for Gastric Cancer: Proposal for a Simplified and Improved TNM Staging System. J Cancer 2020; 11(12):3483-3491. doi:10.7150/jca.36891. https://www.jcancer.org/v11p3483.htm
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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic significance of the eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM staging classification for gastric cancer.

Methods: Prospective databases were reviewed to identify patients who underwent radical gastrectomy at two specialized eastern centers. The prognostic value of the eighth edition TNM classification was estimated and compared with that of the seventh edition. Additional external validation was performed using a dataset from a Western population.

Results: Significant differences in 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were observed for each TNM stage when using the eighth edition system, and smaller Akaike information criteria (AIC) values and a higher c-statistic were observed relative to those of the seventh edition. However, the OS rates in each subgroup of stage III patients based on the eighth edition were significantly different. Patients with the same pN stage, namely, the pT4a and pT4b groups, showed similar 5-year OS (P>0.05). Based on the survival data, we propose a simplified staging system. In the improved TNM (iTNM) staging system, the subgroups of a given TNM stage do not show statistically significant differences in OS. The iTNM staging exhibits superior prognostic stratification, with lower AIC values and a higher c-statistic than the eighth edition TNM classification. Similar results were obtained with the external validation dataset from the IMIGASTRIC database.

Conclusion: The prognostic prediction of the eighth edition of the AJCC TNM classification is superior to that of the seventh edition. However, it remains associated with some stage migration. The iTNM staging system permits simplification and slightly better prognostic prediction.

Keywords: gastric cancer, radical gastrectomy, TNM classification, prognosis

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Lin, J.X., Desiderio, J., Lin, J.P., Wang, W., Tu, R.H., Li, P., Xie, J.W., Wang, J.B., Lu, J., Chen, Q.Y., Cao, L.L., Lin, M., Zheng, C.H., Zhou, Z.w., Parisi, A., Huang, C.M. (2020). Multicenter Validation Study of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (8th Edition) for Gastric Cancer: Proposal for a Simplified and Improved TNM Staging System. Journal of Cancer, 11(12), 3483-3491. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.36891.

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Lin, J.X.; Desiderio, J.; Lin, J.P.; Wang, W.; Tu, R.H.; Li, P.; Xie, J.W.; Wang, J.B.; Lu, J.; Chen, Q.Y.; Cao, L.L.; Lin, M.; Zheng, C.H.; Zhou, Z.w.; Parisi, A.; Huang, C.M. Multicenter Validation Study of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (8th Edition) for Gastric Cancer: Proposal for a Simplified and Improved TNM Staging System. J. Cancer 2020, 11 (12), 3483-3491. DOI: 10.7150/jca.36891.

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Lin JX, Desiderio J, Lin JP, Wang W, Tu RH, Li P, Xie JW, Wang JB, Lu J, Chen QY, Cao LL, Lin M, Zheng CH, Zhou Zw, Parisi A, Huang CM. Multicenter Validation Study of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (8th Edition) for Gastric Cancer: Proposal for a Simplified and Improved TNM Staging System. J Cancer 2020; 11(12):3483-3491. doi:10.7150/jca.36891. https://www.jcancer.org/v11p3483.htm

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Lin JX, Desiderio J, Lin JP, Wang W, Tu RH, Li P, Xie JW, Wang JB, Lu J, Chen QY, Cao LL, Lin M, Zheng CH, Zhou Zw, Parisi A, Huang CM. 2020. Multicenter Validation Study of the American Joint Commission on Cancer (8th Edition) for Gastric Cancer: Proposal for a Simplified and Improved TNM Staging System. J Cancer. 11(12):3483-3491.

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