Staging topic template
Revised: 12 September 2023
Copyright: 2018-2024, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
Revised: 12 September 2023
Copyright: 2018-2024, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
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The goal of these staging topics is to provide a quick, easy to read reference for pTNM definitions with helpful relevant photos for pathologists. The AJCC should be reworded into a more readable / usable format.
- All carcinomas of the ______________ are covered by this staging system
- These topics are not covered: ______________
- AJCC 7th edition staging was sunset on December 31, 2017; as of January 1, 2018, use of the 8th edition is mandatory
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- pTX: cannot be assessed
- pT0: no evidence of primary tumor
- pTis:
- pT1:
- pT2:
- pT3:
- pT4:
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- pNX: cannot be assessed
- pN0: no regional lymph node metastasis
- pN1:
- pN2:
- pN3:
- Regional lymph nodes...
- pM1:
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- y: preoperative radiotherapy or chemotherapy
- r: recurrent tumor stage
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- GX: cannot be assessed
- G1:
- G2:
- G3:
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Example of a well written Staging topic: Ovary tumor
Author 1
Author name with degrees: ___________________________________________
Author rank (M.D. candidate / Resident / Fellow / Instructor / Assistant, Associate or Full Professor): ___________________________________________
Author leadership roles (maximum of 2) (ex: Director of Surgical Pathology, Vice Chair of Anatomic Pathology, Director of Cytopathology): ___________________________________________
Author institution name: ___________________________________________
Author institution city, state, zip code and country: ___________________________________________
Author email address: ___________________________________________
Author 2
Author name with degrees: ___________________________________________
Author rank (Assistant, Associate or Full Professor): ___________________________________________
Author leadership roles (maximum of 2) (ex: Director of Surgical Pathology, Vice Chair of Anatomic Pathology, Director of Cytopathology): ___________________________________________
Author institution name: ___________________________________________
Author institution city, state, zip code and country: ___________________________________________
Author email address: ___________________________________________
Chapter name: ___________________________________________
Section and subsection (in the Table of Contents): ___________________________________________
Topic name: Staging - ____________________________
Definition / general
Essential features
Terminology
ICD coding
Include relevant ICD-10, ICD-11 and ICD-0 codes with associated diagnoses.
Diagrams / tables
For images to be posted on PathologyOutlines.com, please fill out the following for each image:
Name of image contributor: _________________
Image title (file name): _________________
Caption (1 - 4 words): _________________
Legend (detailed description): _________________
For images linked to an outside website, please fill out the following for each image:
PMID: _________________
Figure #: _________________
Caption (1 - 4 words): _________________
Primary tumor (pT)
Notes:
Regional lymph nodes (pN)
Notes:
Distant metastasis (pM)
Notes:
Prefixes
AJCC prognostic stage groups
| Stage group 0: | T | N | M |
| Stage group I: | T | N | M |
| Stage group II: | T | N | M |
| Stage group IIA: | T | N | M |
| Stage group IIB: | T | N | M |
| Stage group IIC: | T | N | M |
| Stage group III: | T | N | M |
| Stage group IIIA: | T | N | M |
| Stage group IIIB: | T | N | M |
| Stage group IIIC: | T | N | M |
| Stage group IV: | T | N | M |
Registry data collection variables
Histologic grade (G)
Histopathologic type
Gross images
For images to be posted on PathologyOutlines.com, please fill out the following for each image:
Name of image contributor: _________________
Image title (file name): _________________
Caption (1 - 4 words): __(pT)_______________
Legend (detailed description): __(pT)_______________
For images linked to an outside website, please fill out the following for each image:
PMID: _________________
Figure #: _________________
Caption (1 - 4 words): __(pT)_______________
Microscopic (histologic) images
For images to be posted on PathologyOutlines.com, please fill out the following for each image:
Name of image contributor: _________________
Image title (file name): _________________
Caption (1 - 4 words): __(pT)_______________
Legend (detailed description): __(pT)_______________
Board Review Question(s)
Prepare 2 board review style questions that highlight important content from this topic. If the topic describes a very rare entity, 1 question testing basic information is sufficient. If the topic describes a very common entity, 3 questions testing basic information are suggested. These are not actual questions from the Pathology boards but review questions written in a similar format. The questions should test basic, essential diagnostic concepts that all pathologists should know rather than minor details. The topic needs to contain all information relevant to correct and incorrect answers. The first question must contain an image of the entity followed by a multiple choice question, such as "Which of the following is true about XXX tumor/disease?" The image can be reused from the topic. Do not use the format "Which of the following is false?" Questions should have only one answer. Do not use responses "all of the above", "none of the above", "A and C", etc. This question will be part of our Board Review page so the reader will not know the topic with which it is associated. Therefore you must make the organ clear in the question and the diagnosis clear in the answer. The second question may have an image associated with it but an image is not required. Click here for examples.
Board Review Answer(s)
Answers to the Question(s) above, sorted alphabetically by the first letter in the answer. Include an explanation of why the correct answer is correct and the other options are incorrect. Please fill out the following:
[letter] . [correct answer] . [explanation] . Answer [letter] is incorrect because [explanation] . Answer [letter] is incorrect because [explanation] . Answer [letter] is incorrect because [explanation] .
