The Union for International Cancer Controls (UICC) TNM classification system is the most widely used cancer classification and staging system in the world. It is used to describe the anatomical extent of disease and it is essential to patient care, research and cancer control.
This fifth edition of the TNM Supplement: A Commentary of Uniform Use offers practitioners a wealth of material intended to complement the systems day-to-day use. The volume features:
Updated definitions of terms used in cancer staging.
New sections on carcinomas of the thymus, sarcomas of the spine and pelvis and soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck, and comprehensive updates to the head and neck carcinomas, carcinomas of the lung and neuroendocrine tumours sections.
Frequently asked questions from the UICC helpdesk.
The Supplement may be treated as a companion text to the recent eighth edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (978-1-119-26357-9), supporting the correct and uniform application of the TNM classification system. The TNM Supplement can also be utilised as a standalone book, providing explanations and examples to answer many questions that arise during the daily use of the TNM cancer classification and staging system, particularly in unusual cases.
CONTENTS
Preface
Organizations associated with the TNM System
National Committees
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Explanatory Notes – General
The General Rules of the TNM System
The TNM Clinical and Pathological Classifications
Residual Tumour (R) Classification
Additional Descriptors
Optional Descriptors
Unknown primary
Staging of Tumours for Which No TNM Classification Is Provided
Histopathological Grading
References
Chapter 2 Explanatory Notes – Specific Anatomical Sites
Head and Neck Tumours
Digestive System Tumours
Lung tumours, Pleural mesothelioma, and Thymic Tumours
Bone tumours
Soft tissue tumours including GISTs
Skin Tumours
Breast Tumours
Gynaecological Tumours
Urological Tumours
Adrenal Cortex Tumours
Ophthalmic Tumours
Hodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
References
Chapter 3 Site-Specific Requirements for pT and pN
Introduction
Head and Neck Tumours
Digestive System Tumours
Lung and Pleural and Thymic Tumours
Tumours of Bone and Soft Tissues
Skin Tumours
Breast Tumours
Gynaecological Tumours
Urological Tumours
Ophthalmic Tumours
Hodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma
References
Chapter 4 New TNM Classifications Recommended for Testing and Other Classifications
Introduction
General
Specific
Non Upper Aerodigestive Tract Mucosal Melanoma
Primary Liver Carcinoma of infants and children/Hepatoblastoma
Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas
Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
Histopathological Staging of Lymph Nodes in Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome
Primary Cutaneous B-cell/T-cell Lymphoma (Non-MF/SS Lymphoma)
Multiply Myeloma
Leukaemia
References
Chapter 5 Optional Proposals for Testing New Telescopic Ramifications
All Tumour sites
Head and Neck Tumours
Digestive System Tumours
Liver
Lung Tumours
Breast
Gynecological Tumours
Urological Tumours
References
Chapter 6 Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
Site Specific Questions
References
Index
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