title: [New developments in the classification of malign tumors].
abstract: In recent years, considerable enthusiasm has come up as to the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities of personalized medicine. This enthusiam has put out of focus to which extent individualized therapy today is possible by consequently using different tumor classifications. Theses possibilities will be demonstrated briefly, especially with respect to the TNM classification, and will be discussed with regard to actual and future innovations.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie des Universitätsklinikums Leipzig. christian.wittekind@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wittekind
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D057285:Precision Medicine; D011379:Prognosis