title: Improving the quality of cancer staging.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Scholar in Residence-AJCC, Cancer Programs, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL, Resident, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Elliot A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Asare
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
authors.forename: Mary Kay
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Washington
authors.affiliation: Cancer Registrar, American Joint Committee on Cancer, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gress
authors.affiliation: Professor, Division of Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Jeffrey E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gershenwald
authors.affiliation: Medical Director of Data Registry, Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC.
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States