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-'''Size cutoffs''' are seen in a number of places in [[pathology]].  They are usually somewhat arbitrary by their nature; however, they often make sense from a biologic big picture/management perspective.  It doesn't make sense to treat [[ADH]] and low-grade [[DCIS]] the same as their behaviour is different.  In pathology, the size matters.  With other things equal, in the context of how tumours are currently evaluated, big tumours do worse than small tumours.
+'''Diagnostic size cutoffs''' are cutoffs which (in part) define a [[diagnosis]] and are seen in a number of places in [[pathology]].  They are usually somewhat arbitrary by their nature; however, they often make sense from a biologic big picture/management perspective.  It doesn't make sense to treat [[ADH]] and low-grade [[DCIS]] the same, as their behaviour is different.
+In [[pathology]], size matters.  With other things equal, in the context of how tumours are currently evaluated, big tumours do worse than small tumours.
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 ==See also==
-*[[Basics]].
+*[[Diagnosis]].
 *[[Cancer]].