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Title: | The relationship between nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumor volume and TNM T-classification: A quantitative analysis | Authors: | Zhou, J.-Y. Chong, V.F.H. Khoo, J.B.K. Chan, K.-L. Huang, J. |
Keywords: | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Prognostic factor TNM classification Tumor volume |
Issue Date: | Feb-2007 | Citation: | Zhou, J.-Y., Chong, V.F.H., Khoo, J.B.K., Chan, K.-L., Huang, J. (2007-02). The relationship between nasopharyngeal carcinoma tumor volume and TNM T-classification: A quantitative analysis. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 264 (2) : 169-174. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-006-0163-2 | Abstract: | Recent findings show that tumor volume is a significant prognostic factor for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The inclusion of tumor volume as an additional prognostic factor in the UICC TNM classification system was suggested; however, how tumor volume could possibly be incorporated is still unexplored. In this paper, we report a quantitative analysis on the relationship between NPC tumor volume and T-classification, using the data from 206 NPC patients. By T-classification and semi-automatic tumor volume measurement, the difference in tumor volumes among the various TNM T-classification groups was examined. In addition, a statistics-based analysis scheme, which used the T-classification as the "gold standard", was proposed to classify NPC tumors into volume-based groups to explore the possible links. The results show that NPC tumor volume has positive correlation with advancing T-classification groups and significant difference existed in the distribution of T-classification among various volume-based groups (P < 0.001). By the proposed statistical scheme, tumor volume could be included as an additional prognostic factor in the TNM framework, following validation studies. © 2006 Springer-Verlag. | Source Title: | European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/107919 | ISSN: | 09374477 | DOI: | 10.1007/s00405-006-0163-2 |
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