Staging parameters for cancers of the head and neck: A multi‐factorial analysis

摘要: Utilizing a multi-variate computer based analysis technique, the 1,400 case head and neck tumor registry of Washington University was examined for possible staging variables as an alternative to current TNM system. Site, age, characteristics surgical margins, absence node metastasis were identified being predictive nonrecurrence cancer. A model utilizing compared system found be somewhat better (71.2% vs. 65.2%) in accuracy prediction Further suggests that future improvements ability will have await identification new such those might arise from work areas flow cytometry or human stem cell cultures.