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ReviewHuman pathology2021

Data set for the reporting of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: explanations and recommendations of the guidelines from the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting.

Lester D R Thompson, Anthony J Gill, Sylvia L Asa, Roderick J Clifton-Bligh, Ronald R de Krijger, Noriko Kimura, Paul Komminoth, Ernest E Lack, Jacques W M Lenders, Ricardo V Lloyd and 3 more

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Review in Human pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. The evolving roles of pathologists in paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  8. Metastatic Malignant Phaeochromocytoma in Ascitic Fluid: Cytological Diagnosis of a Rare Entity.Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Lester D R ThompsonSouthern California Permanente Medical Group, Woodland Hills Medical Center, Woodland Hills, CA, USA. Electronic address: lester.d.thompson@kp.org.
Anthony J GillUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Cancer Diagnosis and Pathology Group Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia; Health Pathology, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: affgill@med.usyd.edu.au.
Sylvia L AsaDepartment of Pathology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: PathLady01@gmail.com.
Roderick J Clifton-BlighUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: jclifton@med.usyd.edu.au.
Ronald R de KrijgerDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Centre and Princess Maxima Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: r.r.dekrijger@umcutrecht.nl.
Noriko KimuraDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Department of Clinical Research, Pathology Division, National Hospital Organization Hakodate Hospital, Japan. Electronic address: kimura.noriko.sf@mail.hosp.go.jp.
Paul KomminothUniversity of Zürich, Institute of Pathology, City Hospital Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: paul.komminoth@triemli.zuerich.ch.
Ernest E LackDepartment of Endocrine Pathology, The Joint Pathology Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Electronic address: ernest.e.lack.ctr@mail.mil.
Jacques W M LendersDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: Jacques.Lenders@radboudumc.nl.
Ricardo V LloydDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin, USA. Electronic address: rvlloyd@wisc.edu.
Thomas G PapathomasInstitute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Electronic address: thomaspapathomas@nhs.net.
Peter M SadowDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Electronic address: psadow@partners.org.
Arthur S TischlerDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA. Electronic address: atischler@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.

Funding

Strategies to Overcome Immune Resistance in Head and Neck CancersP01CA240239 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PAI, SARA ISABEL · 2019 to 2023
$8.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA240239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesThe International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR) is a not-for-profit to develop evidence-based, internationally agreed-upon standardized data sets for each anatomic site, to be used throughout the world. Providing global standardization of pathology tumor classification, staging, and other reporting elements will lead to improved patient management and enhanced epidemiological research.

methodsPheochromocytoma and paraganglioma are uncommon and are frequently overlooked in registry data sets. Malignant criteria have previously been defined only when there was metastatic disease.

resultsWith recent recognition of a significant inheritance association and the development of risk stratification tools, this data set was created in order to obtain more meaningful outcomes and management data, using similar criteria across the global pathology community. Issues related to key core and non-core elements, especially clinical hormonal status, familial history, tumor focality, proliferative fraction, adverse or risk stratification features, and ancillary techniques, are discussed in the context of daily application to these types of specimens.

conclusionsThe ICCR data set, developed by an international panel of endocrine organ specialists, establishes a pathology-standardized reporting guide for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.

Indexed as

Adrenal Gland NeoplasmsCarcinomaHumansParagangliomaPathology, ClinicalPheochromocytomaResearch DesignChecklistData setICCRParagangliomaPheochromocytomaStructured reportSynoptic reporting

Identifiers

PMID32407815
PMCPMC7655677

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