Abstract： The staging of malignant tumors is a fundamental component of treatment selection, prognosis prediction and academic exchange. As“Chinese 2008 staging for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)”was widely adopted in China from 2009, more and more coordination and exchange of information has been carried out between treatment centers, which has promoted the development of multicenter clinical trials and staging studies. On July 1, 2017, an expert consensus conference was held by the Chinese Committee for Staging of NPC to discuss the revision of Chinese 2008 staging for NPC in Nanping City, Fujian Province. After a full discussion and communication according to evidence-based medicine, a consensus was made. The 8th edition UICC/AJCC staging system for NPC was more rational because it had incorporated the strengths of the Chinese 2008 and the 7th edition UICC/AJCC staging systems. Chinese 2008 staging should be revised based on the 8th edition UICC/AJCC staging system to make an internationally unified staging system. Therefore, the experts strongly recommended Chinese 2017 staging for NPC should be consistent with the 8th edition UICC/AJCC staging system.
Chinese Committee for Staging of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. The 2017 edition for staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China (The Chinese 2008 expert consensus on staging revision of nasopharyngeal carcinoma)[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2017, 26(10): 1119-1124.
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