Ajcc Cancer Staging Manual

by Fleming, Irvin D.; American Joint Committee on Cancer; American Cancer Society; American College of Surgeons

• ISBN13: 9780397584147
• ISBN10: 0397584148
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis. Manual outlining the methods for consistently describing the extent of the neoplastic disease in different anatomic parts, systems, or organs. Developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer in cooperation with the International Union Against Cancer. Softcover. DNLM: Neoplasm Staging.

Table of Contents

PART I General Information on Cancer Staging and End-Results Reporting	3	(18)
1 Purposes and Principles of Staging	3	(8)
Philosophy of Classification and Staging by the TNM System	3	(1)
Nomenclature of the Morphology of Cancer	4	(1)
Related Classifications	4	(1)
General Rules for Staging of Cancer	5	(1)
General Rules of the TNM System	5	(4)
Cancer Staging Data Form	9	(2)
2 Cancer Survival Analysis	11	(10)
PART II Staging of Cancer at Specific Anatomic Sites	21	(44)
HEAD AND NECK SITES	21	(44)
3 Lip and Oral Cavity	24	(7)
4 Pharynx (Including Base of Tongue, Soft Palate, and Uvula)	31	(10)
5 Larynx	41	(6)
6 Paranasal Sinuses	47	(6)
7 Major Salivary Glands (Parotid, Submandibular, and Sublingual)	53	(6)
8 Thyroid Gland	59	(6)
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM	65	(62)
9 Esophagus	65	(6)
10 Stomach	71	(6)
11 Small Intestine	77	(6)
12 Colon and Rectum	83	(8)
13 Anal Canal	91	(6)
14 Liver (Including Intrahepatic Bile Ducts)	97	(6)
15 Gallbladder	103	(6)
16 Extrahepatic Bile Ducts	109	(6)
17 Ampulla of Vater	115	(6)
18 Exocrine Pancreas	121	(6)
THORAX	127	(16)
19 Lung	127	(12)
20 Pleural Mesothelioma	139	(4)
MUSCULOSKELETAL SITES	143	(14)
21 Bone	143	(6)
22 Soft Tissue Sarcoma	149	(8)
SKIN	157	(14)
23 Carcinoma of the Skin (Excluding Eyelid, Vulva, and Penis)	157	(6)
24 Malignant Melanoma of the Skin	163	(8)
BREAST	171	(10)
25 Breast	171	(10)
GYNECOLOGIC SITES	181	(34)
26 Vulva	181	(4)
27 Vagina	185	(4)
28 Cervix Uteri	189	(6)
29 Corpus Uteri	195	(6)
30 Ovary	201	(6)
31 Fallopian Tube	207	(4)
32 Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors	211	(4)
GENITOURINARY SITES	215	(36)
33 Penis	215	(4)
34 Prostate	219	(6)
35 Testis	225	(6)
36 Kidney	231	(4)
37 Renal Pelvis and Ureter	235	(6)
38 Urinary Bladder	241	(6)
39 Urethra	247	(4)
OPHTHALMIC SITES	251	(30)
40 Carcinoma of the Eyelid	251	(4)
41 Carcinoma of the Conjunctiva	255	(4)
42 Malignant Melanoma of the Conjunctiva	259	(4)
43 Malignant Melanoma of the Uvea	263	(6)
44 Retinoblastoma	269	(4)
45 Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland	273	(4)
46 Sarcoma of the Orbit	277	(4)
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM	281	(4)
47 Brain and Spinal Cord	281	(4)
LYMPHOMAS	285
48 Hodgkin's Disease	285	(4)
49 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma	289
PART III Personnel and Contributors