AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook

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AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook
From the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual prepared by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, the AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook contains the complete text of the Manual conveniently sized to fit the pocket of a lab coat for complete portability.* Used by physicians and health care professionals worldwide to facilitate the uniform description of neoplastic diseases, the fully revised and updated Sixth Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook brings together ali currently available information on staging of cancer at var-ious anatomie sites and incorporates newly acquired knowledge on the etiol-ogy and pathology of cancer. Proper classification and staging allow the physician to determine treatment more appropriatela evaluate results of management more reliably, and compare worldwide statistics reported from various institutions on a locai, regional, and national basis more confidently. Ali of the TNM staging... Tovább

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I American Cancer i | Society®§

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AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook
From the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual prepared by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, the AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook contains the complete text of the Manual conveniently sized to fit the pocket of a lab coat for complete portability.* Used by physicians and health care professionals worldwide to facilitate the uniform description of neoplastic diseases, the fully revised and updated Sixth Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook brings together ali currently available information on staging of cancer at var-ious anatomie sites and incorporates newly acquired knowledge on the etiol-ogy and pathology of cancer. Proper classification and staging allow the physician to determine treatment more appropriatela evaluate results of management more reliably, and compare worldwide statistics reported from various institutions on a locai, regional, and national basis more confidently. Ali of the TNM staging information included in the Sixth Edition is uniform between the AJCC and the UICC (International Union Against Cancer).
Organized by disease site into 48 comprehensive chapters, the Sixth Edition features much-anticipated, major revisions to the chapters on melanoma and breast cancer. Numerous new line drawings illustrate key anatomie sites throughout the text. Additional user-friendly enhancements include:
• a concise summary of changes in the TNM classification since the previous edition at the start of every chapter
• page tabs for easy access between sections
• a comprehensive index
The Sixth Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and Handbook remains the essential reference for oncologists, pathologists, surgeons, cancer registrai, and medicai professionals worldwide to assure that ali those taking care of cancer patients will be trained in the language of cancer staging. Vissza