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The AJCC Cancer Staging System is the preeminent paradigm used by
physicians throughout the world to diagnose cancer and determine the
extent to which cancer has progressed. The 6th Edition of the AJCC
Cancer Staging Handbook brings the practice of cancer diagnosis and
treatment to the forefront of newly acquired knowledge on the etiology
and pathology of cancer. As we learn more and more about cancer,
methods of staging cancer must adapt to accomodate the new
information. This new edition has completely revised and updated the
old classification system to provide a new, evidence-based guide to
cancer staging.
The Handbook features all the staging information offered in the
Manual, in a pocket-size book, transportable for easy reference. The
6th Edition is an essential resource for residents and health care
trainees throughout the world who are involved in cancer treatment and
research.
List of contents
- 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. Gall- bladder. 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. OPHTHALMIC SITES. Carcinoma of the Eyelid. Carcinoma of the Conjunctiva. Malignant Melanoma of the Conjunctiva. M alignant 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
