A Pragmatic Approach to Cancer Staging

Every few years, a new staging system is published, and we have survived many in the past 30 years. Each succeeding one is more complex and difficult to memorize. At the end of our careers, we have to admit giving up to some extent on learning the nuances of our most recent version. Additionally, we have witnessed our residents wasting countless hours trying to memorize this cobweb of minutia. Would their time not be more productively spent learning about patient care and outcomes?
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Brief Opinion Source Type: research