{
  "abstract": "We write in response to the recent correspondence published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology by Stephenson et al,1 which raised important concerns about making diagnostic criteria accessible and useful to all pathologists worldwide. The debate about the under-representation of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) scholars in the WHO’s Blue Books, the global tumour classification system, has come to a head in recent months.2 While anxieties have been expressed for years, new conversations have sharpened these worries in recent weeks in social media circles.3–5 Hundreds of pathologists, some from high-income countries (HICs), have pointed out how prohibitive and inapplicable the recommendations have grown.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pathology, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Tanvi Jha"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Nadeem Tanveer"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Global standards, local realities: addressing disparities in the WHO classification of tumours (‘Blue Books’)",
  "uid": "af41396b-6d39-5978-9b10-2fdaa915f292"
}