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ASO Author Reflections: Incorporating Lymphovascular Invasion to Improve the Prognostic Reliability of the T-Staging System for Adrenocortical Carcinoma—A Multicenter Study

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

    Caroline E. Poorman MD, Cecilia G. Ethun MD, MS & Shishir K. Maithel MD, FACS

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  1. Caroline E. Poorman MD
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This ASO Author Reflections is a brief invited commentary on the article “A Novel T-Stage Classification System for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Proposal from the US Adrenocortical Carcinoma Study Group,” Ann Surg Oncol. 2018; 25:520–527.

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Poorman, C.E., Ethun, C.G. & Maithel, S.K. ASO Author Reflections: Incorporating Lymphovascular Invasion to Improve the Prognostic Reliability of the T-Staging System for Adrenocortical Carcinoma—A Multicenter Study. Ann Surg Oncol 25 (Suppl 3), 862–863 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6876-9

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