Gestational trophoblastic disease

A Basis for Checklists

This protocol is intended to assist pathologists in providing clinically useful and relevant information as a result of the examination of surgical specimens. Use of this protocol is intended to be entirely voluntary. If equally valid protocols or similar documents are applicable, the pathologist is, of course, free to follow these authorities. Indeed, the ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific procedure must be made by the physician in light of the individual circumstances presented by a specific patient or specimen.

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Contributors: the College of American Pathologists Cancer Committee; Donald E. Henson, MD; Enrique Hernandez, MD; Maureen Killacky, MD; Beverly B. Kramer, MD; Rachelle Lanciano, MD; Stanley J. Robboy, MD; Steven G. Ruby, MD; Robert E. Scully, MD; Steven G. Silverberg, MD; and Richard Zaino, MD.

References

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2. Fleming ID, Cooper )S, Henson DE, et al, eds. AJCC Manual for Staging of Cancer. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Raven; 1997.

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Accepted for publication August 26, 1998. From the Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

This protocol was developed by the Cancer Committee of the College of American Pathologists and was submitted for editorial review and publication. It represents the views of the Cancer Committee and is not the official policy of the College of American Pathologists. Reprints: Joe Schramm, College of American Pathologists, 325 Waukegan Rd, Northfield, IL 60093-2750.

Janice M. Lage, MD, for the Members of the Cancer Committee, College of American Pathologists

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