AJCC cancer staging handbook : TNM classification of malignant tumors (6^th Ed.)

The American Joint Committee on Cancer's Cancer Staging Handbook 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 Committee on Cancer) and the UICC (International Union Against Cancer). Organised by disease site into 48 comprehensive chapters, this new edition has completely revised and updated the old classification system to provide a new, evidence-based guide to cancer staging. This new TNM Classification will be implemented world-wide on January 1st, 2003.

I. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF STAGING. Philosophy. General Rules. Statistics. II. HEAD AND NECK SITES. Head and Neck. Lip and Oral Cavity. Pharynx. Larynx. Paranasal Sinuses. Major Salivary Glands. Thyroid Gland. III. Colorectal Sites. Stomach. Small Intestine. Colon and Rectum. Anal Canal. IV. DIGESTIVE SITES. Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Ducts. Gallbladder. Extrahepatic Bile Ducts. Ampulla of Vater. Exocrine Pancreas. V. THORAX SITES. Esophagus. Lung. Pleural Mesothelioma. VI. Bone. Soft Tissue Sarcoma. VII. SKIN. Carcnoma of the Skin. Malignant Melanoma of the Skin. VIII. BREAST. Breast. IX. GYNECOLOGIC SITES. Vulva. Vagina. Cervix Uteri. Corpus Uteri. Ovary. Fallopian Tube. Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors. X. GENITOURINARY SITES. Penis. Prostate. Testis. Kidney. Renal Pelvis and Ureter. Urinary Bladder. Urethra. XI. OPTHALMIC 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. XII. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Brain and Spinal Cord. XIII. LYMPHOMA. Lymphoid Neoplasms. Pediatric Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Multiple Melanoma. Hodgkin's Disease. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.