title: How to improve the present TNM staging system.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hermanek
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sobin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wittekind
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology