New staging classification for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms combining TNM stage and WHO grade classification []
Journal
Cancer letters
Journal Volume
518
Date Issued
2021-10-10
Author(s)
Wang, Min
Ding, Ding
Qin, Tingting
Wang, Hebin
Liu, Yahui
Liu, Jianhua
Liu, Jun
Zhang, Hang
Zhao, Junfang
Javed, Ammar
Wolfgang, Christopher
Guo, Shiwei
Chen, Qingmin
Zhao, Weihong
Shi, Wei
Zhu, Feng
Guo, Xingjun
LI XU
He, Ruizhi
Xu, Simiao
Edil, Barish
Jin, Gang
Zheng, Lei
He, Jin
Qin, Renyi
Abstract
AJCC TNM stage and WHO grade (G) are two widely used staging systems to guide clinical management for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (panNENs), based on clinical staging and pathological grading information, respectively. We proposed to integrate TNM stage and G grade into one staging system (TNMG) and to evaluate its clinical application as a prognostic indicator for panNENs. Accordingly, 5254 patients diagnosed with panNENs were used to evaluate and to validate the applicability of TNMG to panNENs. The predictive accuracy of TNMG system was compared with that of each separate staging/grading system. We found that TNM stage and G grade were independent risk factors for survival in both the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) and multicenter series. The interaction effect between TNM stage and G grade was significant. Twelve subgroups combining the TNM stage and G grade were proposed in the TNMG stage, which were classified into five stages TNMG. According to the TNMG staging classification in the SEER series, the estimated median survival for stages I, II, III, IV, and V were 203, 174, 112, 61, and 8 months, respectively. The predictive accuracy of TNMG stage was higher than that of TNM stage and G grade used independently. The TNMG stage classification was more accurate in predicting panNEN patient's prognosis than either the TNM stage or G grade.
Subjects
Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms; TNM stage; WHO grade
SDGs
Other Subjects
cancer staging; endocrine tumor; female; human; male; middle aged; neurosecretory cell; pancreas tumor; pathology; procedures; prognosis; World Health Organization; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Neuroendocrine Cells; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Prognosis; World Health Organization
Type
journal article