Seminars in Oncology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 27-30 , February 2010

Whither TNM?

  • Mithat Gönen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mithat Gönen, PhD, 1275 York Ave Box 44, New York, NY 10065
    • ,
  • Martin R. Weiser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

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 Supported in part by American Joint Committee on Cancer and the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

PII: S0093-7754(09)00234-6

doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.12.009

Seminars in Oncology
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 27-30 , February 2010

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