title: [Pathologists and the French network of expertise on rare cancers ENT: The REFCORpath].
abstract: Aerodigestive tract tumors are very diverse, either in terms of location, or histologically. Also, this heterogeneity poses particular problems for the histological diagnosis but also for the establishment of the most appropriate treatment. Thus, the network REFCOR (réseau d'expertise français sur les cancers ORL rares/French expert network on rare ENT cancers) was created to better understand these issues, by proposing an epidemiological and diagnostic approach with research collaborations. This network is dedicated to all primary malignant tumors of the salivary glands, ear, nasal cavity and sinuses and all head and neck malignancies other than conventional squamous cell carcinoma. The REFCORpath network consists of expert pathologists and offers, through a network of scanned images, a second opinion or even a third.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, faculté Paris Descartes, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: cecile.badoual@egp.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Badoual
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomopathologie, institut de cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif, France; Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, faculté de médecine, université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 75010 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Anne-Catherine
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Baglin
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques, hôpital Lariboisière, AP-HP, faculté de médecine, université Paris Diderot, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 75010 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wassef
authors.affiliation: Centre Lacassagne-IUFC, université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 227, avenue de la Lanterne, 06200 Nice, France.
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thariat
authors.affiliation: Pôle TCCR, clinique universitaire d'ORL, CHU de Grenoble, 1, avenue des Maquis-du-Grésivaudan, 38043 Grenoble 09, France.
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reyt
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie tête et cou, institut de cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Janot
authors.affiliation: Service ORL-CCF, hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, université Paris-VI, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baujat
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010338:Pathology, Clinical; D035583:Rare Diseases
keywords: Cancer rare; Diagnostic; Expert; Expertise; Head and neck; Management; Network; ORL; Prise en charge; Rare tumor; Réseau