title: 'Evidence-based medicine: the time has come to set standards for staging'. Is a radical overhaul really needed?
abstract: This Invited Response addresses concerns and opinions expressed in an Invited Commentary, 'Evidence-based medicine: the time has come to set standards for staging', by Quirke et al., published in this issue of The Journal of Pathology.
authors.affiliation: International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland. sobin@uicc.org
authors.forename: Leslie H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sobin
authors.forename: Carolyn A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gospodarowicz
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Leonard L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Gunderson
authors.forename: J Milburn
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jessup
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wittekind
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*