The TNM classification of malignant tumours—towards common understanding and reasonable expectations

• Published in: The lancet oncology Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 849 - 851
• Main Authors: O'Sullivan, Brian, Brierley, James, Byrd, David, Bosman, Fred, Kehoe, Sean, Kossary, Carol, Piñeros, Marion, Van Eycken, Elizabeth, Weir, Hannah K, Gospodarowicz, Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2017; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Cancer; Classification; Consensus; Consensus Development Conferences as Topic; Decision making; Disease control; Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Medical prognosis; Neoplasm Staging - methods; Neoplasms - classification; Neoplasms - pathology; Neoplasms - therapy; Neural networks; Oncology; Patients; Population; Population levels; Predictive Value of Tests; Risk Factors; Terminology as Topic; Tumors
• ISSN: 1470-2045; 1474-5488; 1474-5488
• DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30438-2

[...]the universal use of the TNM classification has made it a subject of unreasonable expectation. To better define the principles of the TNM classification, a Global Consultation on Cancer Staging was held under the auspices of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and The Lancet Oncology with support from the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The views in this Comment are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or of the National Cancer Institute. 1 JD Brierley, MK Gospodarowicz, C Wittekind, The TNM classification of malignant tumours, 8th edn., 2017, Wiley Blackwell, Oxford 2 MB Amin, S Edge, F Greene, AJCC cancer staging manual, 8th edn., 2017, Springer, New York 3 JD Brierley, JR Srigley, M Yurcan, The value of collecting population-based cancer stage data to support decision-making at organizational, regional and population levels, Healthc Q, Vol. 16, 2013, 27-33 4 M Piñeros, A Znaor, L Mery, F Bray, A global cancer surveillance framework within noncommunicable disease surveillance: making the case for population-based cancer registries, Epidemiol Rev, Vol. 39, 2017, 161-169 5 JD Brierley, MK Gospodarowicz,...