TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours

TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours eighth edition provides the latest, internationally agreed-upon standards to describe and categorize cancer stage.

• Published in affiliation with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
• Arranged by anatomical region, this authoritative pocket sized guide contains many important updated organ-specific classifications
• There are new classifications for p16 positive oropharyngeal carcinomas, carcinomas of the thymus, neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas, and sarcomas
• To facilitate the collection of stage data for cancer surveillance in low and middle income countries there are new sections on Essential TNM and Paediatric Cancer Stage
• New colour presentation

Nyckelord:

Cancer; Oncology; Classification; Staging; Epidemiology; Outcomes; Cancer Control; TNM; UICC; stage; stage group; prognosis; prognostic group; primary tumour; regional lymph nodes; distant metastasis; paediatric cancer; James D Brierley; Mary K. Gospodarowicz; Christian Wittekind; TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours

, Oncology & Radiotherapy