Concordance and Reproducibility of Melanoma Staging According to the 7th vs 8th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual
Author(s) -
Joann G. Elmore,
David E. Elder,
Raymond L. Barnhill,
Stevan R. Knezevich,
Gary Longton,
Linda Titus,
Martin A. Weinstock,
Margaret S. Pepe,
Heidi D Nelson,
Lisa M. Reisch,
Andrea C. Radick,
Michael W. Piepkorn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama network open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2574-3805
DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0083
Subject(s) - concordance , reproducibility , medicine , cancer staging , melanoma , cancer , medical physics , oncology , nuclear medicine , statistics , mathematics , cancer research
The recently updated American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) classification of cancer staging, the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual , 8th edition ( AJCC 8 ), includes revisions to definitions of T1a vs T1b or greater. The Melanoma Pathology Study database affords a comparison,of pathologists' concordance and reproducibility in the microstaging of melanoma according to both the existing 7th edition (AJCC 7 ) and the new AJCC 8 .
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