title: Staging of exocrine pancreatic carcinoma.
abstract: After many years of attempting to stage exocrine pancreatic carcinoma, the fourth edition of the UICC TNM Classification of Tumours is now the international uniform system; it has been accepted by all national TNM committees. The TNM/pTNM-defined stage grouping is complemented by the R classification, which describes the presence or absence of residual tumour following treatment. With this, it is possible to make a good assessment of the prognosis following resection of ductal adenocarcinoma. Multivariate studies must definitively clarify whether additional parameters are of significance for prognosis. A further subdivision of Category pN1 into pN1a (metastasis in single node) and pN1b (two or more nodes) is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitatsklinik, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hermanek
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis