'Evidence-based medicine: the time has come to set standards for staging'. Is a radical overhaul really needed?
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.
Sobin
Leslie H
LH
International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland. sobin@uicc.org
Compton
Carolyn A
CA
Gospodarowicz
Mary
M
Greene
Frederick L
FL
Gunderson
Leonard L
LL
Jessup
J Milburn
JM
Wittekind
Christian
C
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*