Validation of the New AJCC 8th Edition Staging System for Gallbladder Cancer and Evaluation of Its Lymphadenectomy Guidelines

Abstract

OBJECTIVE  For gallbladder cancer (GBC), the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th edition (AJCC8) staging system classifies lymph node (LN) stage by number of positive LN and recommends sampling of ≥6 LNs. We evaluated... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Andrew Lee (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  2. Yi-Ju Chiang (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  3. Claudius Conrad (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  4. Milind Javle (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  5. Rachna Shroff (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  6. Yun-Shin Chun (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  7. Jeffrey Lee (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  8. Thomas Aloia (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  9. Jean-Nicolas Vauthey (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
  10. Ching-Wei Tzeng (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

Topic Area

Surgical Oncology

Session

Plenary » Plenary Scientific Session (10:25 - Friday, 22nd September, Bradley Lecture Center)