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This initiative involves a multilevel review process, including pathologists and tumor registrars, of standards for tumor site-morphology combinations, terminology, and coding. The updated standards (valid, unlikely, and impossible) for the 2024 (V2024A) and 2025 (V2025A) and standards for 2026 (V2026) Cancer PathCHART ICD-O-3 Site Morphology Validation List are freely available to cancer registration software vendors and any other end users in easily consumed, computer-readable formats (e.g., XLSX, CSV, XML, JSON) on the Product Downloads page. The latest version of standards from 2024 to 2026 are in one CPC SMVL file (version V2024A_V2025A_V2026).
The aim of this multilevel review process is to assign one of the Cancer PathCHART (CPC) designations: Valid, Unlikely, or Impossible, to all site-morphology combinations.
The first review is by a SEER*ClinCORE subspecialty pathologist. The second level of independent review is performed in parallel by 2 to 3 subject matter expert pathologists. Any discrepancies in designations are resolved in a consensus meeting where pathologists and cancer registrars participate.
The following cancer registrars' review focuses on discovering potential conflicts between the CPC designations and other sources used by cancer registrars. Discrepancies are resolved in a consensus meeting with cancer registrars and the SEER*ClinCORE pathologist.
Contributors toward Implementation
Cancer PathCHART Leadership
Current Team Members
- Michael Eden - Co-Chair
- Alison Van Dyke - Co-Chair
- Serban Negoita - NCI Expert
- Gonçalo Forjaz - Content Liaison
- Jennifer Ruhl - Hematopoietic Content
- Annelie Landgren - Project Manager
- Camille Goff - Project Manager
Former Team Members (not pictured)
- Brian Rous - Co-Chair
- Peggy Adamo - Implementation Liaison
- Lois Dickie - Content Liaison
- Kathleen Kenna - Database Development Liaison
- Huann-Sheng Chen - Statistician
- Brandy Peaker - CDC/NPCR
- Kay Washington - SEER*ClinCORE
- Richard Moldwin - CAP
- Liesbet Van Eycken - ENCR/IACR
- Jim Hofferkamp - NAACCR
- Tara Lewis - NCRA
Reviewing Subspecialty Pathologists
Current Team Members
- Aaron Auerbach - Hematopathology
- Zubair Baloch – Endocrine Pathology
- Mary Beth Beasley- Thoracic Pathology
- James Connolly - Breast Pathology
- Jessica Davis- Bone/Soft Tissue & Pediatric Pathology
- Brent Harris - Neuropathology
- Pei Hui - Gynecological Pathology
- Jim Lewis Jr. - Head/Neck Pathology & HPV
- Priya Nagarajan - Dermatopathology
- Gladell Paner – Male Genital & Urinary Pathology
- Kay Washington - Gastrointestinal Pathology
Former Team Members (not pictured)
- Peter Humphrey - Male Genital/Urinary Pathology
- Ricardo Lloyd - Endocrine Pathology
Bone & Soft Tissue
- John S.A. Chrisinger, MD
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Karen Fritchie, MD
- Paari Murugan, MD
Brain & Other Nervous System
- Sanda Alexandrescu, MD
- Chunyu Cai, MD, PhD
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Caterina Giannini, MD, PhD
- Brent Harris, MD, PhD
- David Louis, MD
- Roger E. McLendon, MD
- Arie Perry, MD
- Tarik Tihan, MD, PhD
- Cynthia T. Welsh, MD
Breast
- Veerle Bossuyt, MD
- James Connolly
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Mary Elizabeth Edgerton, MD, PhD
- Patrick L. Fitzgibbons, MD
Digestive
- Volkan Adsay, MD
- Olca Basturk, MD
- Norman Carr, MB, BS
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Dhanpat Jain, MD
- Sanjay Kakar, MD
- David Klimstra, MD
- Gregory Lauwers, MD
- Robert D. Odze, MD
- Asif Rashid, MBBS, PhD
- Romil Saxena, MD
- Chanjuan Shi, MD, PhD
- Aatur Singhi, MD, PhD
- Michael S. Torbenson, MD
- Kay Washington, MD, MPH
- Tsung-Teh Wu, MD, PhD
Female Genital
- Athena Chen, MD
- Soo-Jin Cho, MD, PhD
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Elizabeth Euscher, MD
- Ian Hagemann, MD, PhD
- Pei Hui, MD, PhD
- Martin Kobel, MD
- Uma Krishnamurti, MD, PhD
- Amy McKenney, MD
- Christofer N. Otis, MD
- Mohammad Ruhul Quddus, MD
- Jian-Jun Wei, MD
Head & Neck
- Jennifer M. Boland, MD
- Vincent Cracolici, MD
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Christopher Griffith, MD, PhD
- Juan Hernandez Prera, MD
- Nora Katabi, MD
- Darcy A. Kerr, MD
- Ioannis Koutlas, DDS, MS
- James S. Lewis, Jr, MD
- Abberly Limbach, MD
- Kelly Magliocca, DDS, MPA
- Anne McLean, DMD, MS
- Mitra Mehrad, MD
- Ann Sandison, MBBS
- Raja R. Seethala, MD
- Bruce Wenig, MD
- Michelle D. Williams, MD
Male Genital
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Michael Eden, MBBS, MSc
- Jonathan Epstein, MD
- Peter Humphrey, MD, PhD
- Gladell P. Paner, MD
- S. Joseph Sirintrapun, MD
- John Srigley, MD
Thoracic
- Mary Beth Beasley, MD
- Jennifer M. Boland, MD
- Dhanajay Chitale, MD
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Aliya Husain, MBBS
- Andre L. Moreira, MD, PhD
- Elizabeth N. Pavlisko, MD
- Anja C. Roden, MD
- Daivd Suster, MD
Urinary
- Jessica L. Davis, MD
- Michael Eden, MBBS, MSc
- Jonathan I. Epstein, MD
- Lara Harik, MD
- Peter Humphrey, MD, PhD
- Paari Murugan, MD
- Gladell P. Paner, MD
- S. Joseph Sirintrapun, MD
- John Srigley, MD
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