Revision of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for breast cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Singletary, S. E.; Allred, C.; Ashley, P.; Bassett, L. W.; Berry, D.; Bland, K. I.; Borgen, P. I.; Clark, C. G.; Edge, S. B.; Hayes, D. F.; Hughes, L. L.; Hutter, R. V. P.; Morrow, M.; Page, D. L.; Recht, A.; Theriault, R. L.; Thor, A.; Weaver, D. L.; Wieand, H. S.; Greene, F. L. |
| Article Title: | Revision of the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for breast cancer |
| Abstract: | Purpose: To revise the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for breast carcinoma. Materials and Methods: A Breast Task Force submitted recommended changes and additions to the existing staging system that were (1) evidence-based and/or consistent with widespread clinical consensus about appropriate diagnostic and treatment standards and (2) useful for the uniform accrual of outcome information in national databases. Results: Major changes included the following: size-based discrimination between micrometastases and isolated tumor cells; identifiers to indicate usage of innovative technical approaches; classification of lymph node status by number of involved axillary lymph nodes, and new classifications for metastasis to the infraclavicular, internal mammary, and supraclavicular lymph nodes. Conclusion: This revised staging system will be officially adopted for use in tumor registries in January 2003. (C) 2002 by American Society of Clinical Oncology. |
| Keywords: | survival; adjuvant therapy; biopsy; carcinoma; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; metastases; follow-up; preoperative chemotherapy; axillary lymph-nodes; pathological prognostic factors |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Clinical Oncology |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 17 |
| ISSN: | 0732-183X |
| Publisher: | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
| Date Published: | 2002-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 3628 |
| End Page: | 3636 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | WOS:000178178100013 |
| DOI: | 10.1200/jco.2002.02.026 |
| PROVIDER: | wos |
| PUBMED: | 12202663 |
| Notes: | Article -- Source: Wos |
