The Process for Continuous Improvement of the TNM Classification

Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Gospodarowicz, Mary K ^a,g   Miller, Daniel ^b   Groome, Patti A ^c   Greene, Frederick L ^d   Logan, Pamela A ^e   Sobin, Leslie H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^g PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer staging; Evidence based practice; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0346217047     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11898     Document Type: Review

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