Organization

Field Name

ID

Required

KCR

Alt (Ped) Stage Sys (AltStageBasis)

31070

no

NAACCR

Pediatric Staging System

1130

no


Field Length: 2

Some institutions want to record alternate staging schemes for specified sites of malignancies. These are optional, except for pediatric cases (see below). Some alternate staging systems for specific sites are shown below:

Code

Alternate Staging System

Site/Histology

VA 

VA staging scheme   

lung - small cell

AW 

American/Whitmore

prostate

DM  

Dukes (Modified)

colon/rectum

C

Clark's levels   

melanoma

JM 

Jewett-Marshall

bladder

FI 

FIGO   

cervix

uterus/endometrium

ovary

AA  

Ann Arbor

lymphoma in adults

RB

Rai Binet   

CLL

Pediatric staging is required for pediatric cases. There is no age limit to define pediatric cases -- it is based on the type of tumor. Codes for pediatric staging systems are:

Code

Description

00

None

01

American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)

02

Ann Arbor

03

Children's Cancer Group (CCSG)

04

Evans

05

General Summary

06

Intergroup Ewings

07

Intergroup Hepatoblastoma

08

Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma

09

International System

10

Murphy

11

National Cancer Institute (Pediatric oncology)

12

National Wilms' Tumor Study

13

Pediatric Oncology Group (POG)

14

Reese-Ellsworth

15

SEER Extent of Disease

97

Other

98

Not applicable

99

Unknown