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Classification schemes for tumors diagnosed in adolescents and young adults
Author(s) -
Barr Ronald D.,
Holowaty Eric J.,
Birch Jillian M.
Publication year - 2006
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/cncr.21773
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , classification scheme , agency (philosophy) , childhood cancer , international agency , family medicine , pediatrics , data science , philosophy , epistemology , computer science
The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD‐O) is a collaborative undertaking of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the National Cancer Institute in the U.S., under the aegis of the World Health Organization. Although the ICD‐O system generally is applicable to cancer diagnosed in childhood, it is recognized that morphology takes precedence over topography in classifying neoplasms occurring in children. Consequently, a classification scheme has been proposed that although based on the ICD‐O is tailored to the particular circumstances of adolescents and young adults with cancer.