Urinary Bladder Pathology: World Health Organization Classification and American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Update

Lymphnode staging update in the American Joint Committee on Cancer 8th Edition cancer staging manual.

Update on urinary bladder pathology.

The clinical significance of different histological subtypes of bladder cancer is challenging. The presence of variant architecture identifies mostly a high-risk population with a worse prognosis and suited for complementary treatment. This review outlines the histological variants of bladder cancer and the diagnostic problems.

American joint committee on cancer staging of uveal melanoma

In January 2010, the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) updated its staging criteria for uveal melanoma. Here, we discuss the staging classifications and evaluate an interesting case to demonstrate. The development of a uniform means of staging cancer, such as defined by the AJCC, is critical for information sharing among the research community.

Survival Analyses for Patients With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by World Health Organization 2010 Grading Classifications and American Joint Committee on Cancer 2010 Staging Systems

In 2010, World Health Organization (WHO) reclassified pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (p-NETs) into 4 main groups: neuroendocrine tumor G1 (NET G1), neuroendocrine tumor G2 (NET G2), neuroendocrine carcinoma G3 (NEC G3), mixed adeno and neuroendocrine carcinoma (MANEC). Clinical value of these newly updated WHO grading criteria has not been rigorously validated. The authors aimed to evaluate t...

Survival Analyses for Patients With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by World Health Organization 2010 Grading Classifications and American Joint Committee on Cancer 2010 Staging Systems: Erratum

I n the article ‘‘Survival Analyses for Patients With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by World Health Organization 2010 Grading Classifications and American Joint Committee on Cancer 2010 Staging Systems’’, which appeared in Volume 94, Issue 48 of Medicine, the names of Dr. Zeng and Dr. Zhang were incorrectly reversed in the byline. Dr. Zhang should have been credited as an...