“Improving the Quality of Cancer Staging” has been published
in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians by
Elliot Asare, MD, the AJCC Clinical Scholar in Residence, Mary Kay Washington,
MD, PhD, Donna Gress, RHIT, CTR, Jeffrey Gershenwald, MD, and Frederick Greene,
MD.
The article discusses the critical need for quality staging
in light of the Institute of Medicine’s call for adherence to quality
indicators and measures, along with the need to assess treatment and outcomes
based on staging. The registrar’s role
in staging is highlighted.
The article can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21284/full