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Table 3 Distribution of N categories as defined by the 7th and 8th editions

From: Comparison of the seventh and eighth editions of the UICC/AJCC staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: analysis of 1317 patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy at two centers

 

8th edition

N0

N1

N2

N3

Total

7th edition

N0

250 (19.0%)

   

250 (19.0%)

N1

 

719 (54.6%)

 

12 (0.9%)

731 (55.4%)

N2

  

252 (19.1%)

26 (2.0%)

278 (21.1%)

N3a

   

16 (1.2%)

16 (1.2%)

N3B

   

42 (3.2%)

42 (3.2%)

Total

250 (19.0%)

719 (54.6%)

252 (19.1%)

96 (7.3%)

1317