Alternate Name Item # Length Source of Standard Implemented Year Implemented Version Retired Year Retired Version Column #
Type of Staging System (Pediatric) (CoC)
1130 2 CoC 978 - 979
Description
Staging system used to assign the Pediatric Stage.
Rationale
Staging of pediatric tumors requires very different schemes from those used to stage adult tumors.
Codes
00 None
01 AJCC
02 Ann Arbor
03 Children's Cancer Group (CCG)
04 Evans
05 General Summary
06 Intergroup Ewings
07 Intergroup Hepatoblastoma
08 Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma
09 International System
10 Murphy
11 NCI (pediatric oncology)
12 National Wilms's Tumor Study
13 Pediatric Oncology Group (POG)
14 Reese-Ellsworth
15 SEER Extent of Disease
88 Not applicable (not pediatric case)
97 Other
99 Unknown
Note: This data item is no longer supported by CoC (as of January 1, 2003).