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Current status of clinical classification of breast cancer
Author(s) -
Raventos A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196912)24:6<1123::aid-cncr2820240607>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - checklist , medicine , classification scheme , breast cancer , sample (material) , cancer , data science , computer science , psychology , chemistry , chromatography , cognitive psychology
The current status of clinical classification of breast cancer is characterized by increasing emphasis on detailed examination records. A checklist for the examining physician is presented as one way of achieving such records. Detailed records are more valuable than summary stage classifications for most of the purposes of clinical classification, but summary classification systems are useful for certain types of end‐results reporting. The present coexistence of several systems impedes communication, and efforts to reach agreement upon a single scheme should be continued. To be widely accepted, such a scheme needs to be based upon a convincingly large and representative sample of clinical data, analyzed in sufficient detail to assure recognition of the most appropriate category boundaries.