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When we applied a clinically based algorithm, only 29.6% of tumors had an unknown stage.
In all histological groups there are large percentages of tumours with an unknown stage, ranging from 13 to 47%.
Forty-six patients had Ann Arbor stage IE, 33 stage IIE, 1 stage IIIE, 2 stage IVE and 2 an unknown stage.
The percentage of cases receiving an unknown stage assignment decreased over the study period for 15 of the 18 cancer sites considered.
Patients whose extent of disease corresponded to the current American Joint Committee on Cancer stage I and II were included; those with stage III or IV or an unknown stage were excluded.
A registration of Tx, Nx, or Mx was defined as an unknown stage (ie, information on tumor size, lymph node metastases, and distant metastases were not available or could not be assessed).
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According to his New York Times obituary, Vigoda was a relatively unknown stage actor until he landed the role of Salvatore Tessio inThe Godfather when he was 50.
29 Thus, if we had designed our staging algorithm in accordance with this, we would have found a lower proportion of patients with an unknown cancer stage since missing N-stage accounted for the majority of the missing T-N-M components.
For most of his adult life, William H. Macy has been a hard-working if relatively unknown stage and film actor.
In such studies, it would be advisable to analyze bladder cancer cases of unknown stage as a separate category.
All data quality indicators, including proportion of cases with unknown stage showed a similar age-related pattern with the lowest quality in the oldest age group.
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