...Rules are complex and complete staging is rarely achievable in limited resource settings.
A few years ago, the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR) developed a Microsoft Access-based staging tool. The tool calculates TNM and other site-specific cancer staging classifications from the basic data of the patients’ disease, entered by the registrar in a controlled fashion.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is now collaborating with NICR to convert the tool into a web application. Authorised users will be able to access the tool from any Internet-enabled computer, by web browser via a dedicated interface. ...