TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (Uicc International Union Against Cancer)

by Leslie H. Sobin (Editor), Mary K . Gospodarowicz (Editor), Christian Wittekind (Editor)

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  2009

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  TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7 th Edition provides the latest, internationally agreed-upon standards to describe and categorize cancer stages and progression. Published in affiliation with the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), this authoritative guide contains important updated organ-specific classifications that oncologists and other professionals who manage patients with cancer need to accurately classify tumours for staging, prognosis and treatment. The major alterations addressed in the 7 th Edition concern carcinomas of the oesophagus and the gastroesophageal junction, stomach, lung, appendix, biliary tract, skin, and prostate. In addition, there are several entirely new classifications: gastrointestinal carcinoids (neuroendocrine tumours) gastrointestinal stromal tumour upper aerodigestive mucosal melanoma Merkel cell carcinoma uterine sarcomas intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma adrenal cortical carcinoma. A new approach has also been adopted to separate anatomical stage groupings from prognostic groupings in which other prognostic factors are added to T, N, and M categories. These new prognostic groupings, as well as the traditional anatomical groupings, are presented for oesophageal and prostate carcinomas. Visit www.wileyanduicc.com for more information about the International Journal of Cancer and our other UICC book titles

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  1997

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  TNM classification is the nomenclature that is used to describe cancer progression: T=Tumour, which has subcategories depending on the size; N=Node, which is the number of lymph nodes affected; M=Metastases, which describes how many other, secondary tumours have arisen since the primary tumour was detected. This nomenclature is standardized to ensure that clinicians worldwide use the same terms. This volume provides the international standard for the description of the anatomical extent of cancer to assist physicians in treatment planning and evaluation of results: prognosis; information exchange; and measuring changes in screening and patient care efforts. This pocket size book contains all of the information clinicians need to know to classify a tumour in any patient. New terminology is clearly marked so that owners of previous editions can see where changes have occurred in the classification.