Understanding the Drawbacks of the Current Tumor Staging Systems: How to Improve?

Luca Giacomelli; Rodolfo Sacco; Simonetta Papa; Brian I Carr

doi:10.3390/cancers15041242

Understanding the Drawbacks of the Current Tumor Staging Systems: How to Improve?

Cancers (Basel). 2023 Feb 15;15(4):1242. doi: 10.3390/cancers15041242.

Authors

Luca Giacomelli^{1

2}, Rodolfo Sacco³, Simonetta Papa², Brian I Carr⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, 16132 Genova, Italy.
² Polistudium Srl, 20135 Milan, Italy.
³ Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Liver Cancer Biology, Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University, Malatya 44280, Turkey.

Abstract

Tumor stage definition is required for the description of the diagnosis and the development and use of treatment guidelines, as well as to enable clinical research (including clinical trials) and cancer surveillance [...].

Publication types

Editorial