AJCC cancer staging manual /

The American Joint Committee on Cancer's Cancer Staging Manual is used by physicians throughout the world to diagnose cancer and determine the extent to which cancer has progressed. All of the TNM staging information included in this Sixth Edition is uniform between the AJCC (American Joint Com...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), American Joint Committee on Cancer, American Cancer Society
Other Authors: Greene, Frederick L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer-Verlag, [2002]
Edition:Sixth edition /. /
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • General information on cancer staging and end-results reporting
  • Purposes and principles of staging
  • Cancer survival analysis
  • Head and neck sites
  • Lip and oral cavity
  • Pharynx (including base of tongue, soft palate, and uvula)
  • Larynx
  • Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses
  • Major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, and sublingual)
  • Thyroid gland
  • Digestive system
  • Esophagus
  • Stomach
  • Small intestine
  • Colon and rectum
  • Anal canal
  • Liver (including intrahepatic bile ducts)
  • Gallbladder
  • Extrahepatic bile ducts
  • Ampulla of vater
  • Exocrine pancreas
  • Thorax
  • Lung
  • Pleural mesothelioma
  • Musculoskeletal sites
  • Bone
  • Soft tissue sarcoma
  • Skin
  • Carcinoma of the skin (excluding eyelid, vulva, and penis)
  • Melanoma of the skin
  • Breast
  • Breast
  • Gynecologic sites
  • Vulva
  • Vagina
  • Cervix uteri
  • Corpus uteri
  • Ovary
  • Fallopian tube
  • Gestational trophoblastic tumors
  • Genitourinary sites
  • Penis
  • Prostate
  • Testis
  • Kidney
  • Renal pelvis and ureter
  • Urinary bladder
  • Urethra
  • Ophthalmic sites
  • Carcinoma of the eyelid
  • Carcinoma of the conjunctiva
  • Malignant melanoma of the conjunctiva
  • Malignant melanoma of the uvea
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Carcinoma of the lacrimal gland
  • Sarcoma of the orbit
  • Central nervous system
  • Brain and spinal cord
  • Lymphoid neoplasms
  • Lymphoid neoplasms.