recently, reports have shown that gastric cancer has high abundance in iran and is at the second level in men, and fourth in total. this study aimed to determine the 5-year survival of gastric cancer patients and to investigate factors affecting the performance, based on tnm-7 staging system. in this study, we investigated 760 patients with gastric cancer since the beginning of 1993 to the end ...

UNLABELLED The role of the insulin like growth factor (IGF) system in various human malignancies has been well established. The aim of this study was to determine the levels of mRNA expression of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-1, -3 and -7 genes in benign and malignant breast tissue and explore their relationship with various prognostic parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS Br...

BACKGROUND Tumour stage was introduced to the Swedish Cancer Registry in 2004, but this key variable for prognostic research has not yet been validated. We validated the tumour stage data in surgically treated oesophageal cancer patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Completeness and accuracy of tumour stage according to the TNM system ("Tumour Node Metastasis") in the Cancer Registry were compared w...

We would like to congratulate Skinner and colleagues on their recent article, in which they perform a thorough statistical comparison of multiple uveal melanoma classification systems that are based on anatomic features, including the TNM staging system. Although the TNM system can work well as a prognostication tool in some cancer types, its prognostic value in uveal melanoma has been disappoi...

We would like to congratulate Skinner and colleagues on their recent article, in which they perform a thorough statistical comparison of multiple uveal melanoma classification systems that are based on anatomic features, including the TNM staging system. Although the TNM system can work well as a prognostication tool in some cancer types, its prognostic value in uveal melanoma has been disappoi...

We would like to congratulate Skinner and colleagues on their recent article, in which they perform a thorough statistical comparison of multiple uveal melanoma classification systems that are based on anatomic features, including the TNM staging system. Although the TNM system can work well as a prognostication tool in some cancer types, its prognostic value in uveal melanoma has been disappoi...

We would like to congratulate Skinner and colleagues on their recent article, in which they perform a thorough statistical comparison of multiple uveal melanoma classification systems that are based on anatomic features, including the TNM staging system. Although the TNM system can work well as a prognostication tool in some cancer types, its prognostic value in uveal melanoma has been disappoi...

We would like to congratulate Skinner and colleagues on their recent article, in which they perform a thorough statistical comparison of multiple uveal melanoma classification systems that are based on anatomic features, including the TNM staging system. Although the TNM system can work well as a prognostication tool in some cancer types, its prognostic value in uveal melanoma has been disappoi...

We would like to congratulate Skinner and colleagues on their recent article, in which they perform a thorough statistical comparison of multiple uveal melanoma classification systems that are based on anatomic features, including the TNM staging system. Although the TNM system can work well as a prognostication tool in some cancer types, its prognostic value in uveal melanoma has been disappoi...