Open AccessUtilizing the Tumor‐Node‐Metastasis Staging for Prostate Cancer: The Sixth Edition , 2002
Author(s) -
Chang Sam S.,
Amin Mahul B.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/ca.2007.0002
Subject(s) - prostate cancer , medicine , distant metastasis , cancer , prostate , disease , metastasis , staging system , tumor staging , oncology , medical physics
The Sixth Edition of the tumor‐node‐metastasis staging system for prostate cancer attempts to provide a helpful staging paradigm for clinicians. Accurate staging is critical not only for managing individual patients, but also for ascertaining trends in disease pattern in a large population of patients with prostate cancer. Several modifications have been made in an attempt to improve the cohesiveness and uniformity of patient evaluation and to aid in future meaningful clinical research. As data are accumulated and analysis continues, ongoing critical evaluation of this staging system will undoubtedly incorporate new evidence‐based factors and bring about future refinements to prostate cancer staging.