AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook

Culled from the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual prepared by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, this seventh edition of the handbook contains the complete text of the manual conveniently sized to fit the pocket of a lab coat for complete portability. Top page

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Used by physicians and health care professionals worldwide to facilitate the uniform description of neoplastic diseases, the fully revised and updated Seventh Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook brings together all currently available information on staging of cancer at various anatomic sites and incorporates newly acquired knowledge on the etiology and pathology of cancer. Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Edition details 7th ed. 2010

City: New York, NY

Edition: REV

Pages: 744

More info: height 203 mm width 114 mm weight 662 gr thickness 36 mm

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 616.994

Departments: Oncology;

Record updated at: 23 May, 2013 time: 15:01

Summary AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook Part I. General Information on Cancer Staging and End-Results Reporting.- Purposes and Principles of Cancer Staging.- Cancer Survival Analysis.- Part II. Head and Neck.- Introduction and General Rules.- Lip and Oral Cavity.- Pharynx.- Larynx.- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses.- Major Salivary Glands.- Thyroid.- Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck.- Part III. Digestive System.- Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction.- Stomach.- Small Intestine.- Appendix.- Colon and Rectum.- Anus.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor.- Neuroendocrine Tumors.- Liver.- Intrahepatic Bile Ducts.- Gallbladder.- Perihilar Bile Ducts.- Distal Bile Duct.- Ampulla of Vater.- Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas.- Part IV. Thorax.- Lung.- Pleural Mesothelioma.- Part V. Musculoskeletal Sites.- Bone.- Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Part VI. Skin.- Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma and other Cutaneous Carcinomas.- Merkel Cell Carcinoma.- Melanoma of the Skin.- Part VII. Breast.- Breast.- Part VIII. Gynecologic Sites.- Introduction.- Vulva.- Vagina.- Cervix Uteri.- Corpus Uteri.- Ovary and Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma.- Fallopian Tube.- Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors.- Part IX. Genitourinary Sites.- Penis.- Prostate.- Testis.- Kidney.- Renal Pelvis and Ureter.- Urinary Bladder.- Urethra.- Adrenal Gland.- Part X. Ophthalmic Sites.- Carcinoma of the Eyelid.- Carcinoma of the Conjunctiva.- Malignant Melanoma of the Conjunctiva.- Malignant Melanoma of the Uvea.- Retinoblastoma.- Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland.- Sarcoma of the Orbit.- Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma.- Part XI. Central Nervous System.- Brain and Spinal Cord.- Part XII. Lymphoid Neoplasms.- Lymphoid Neoplasms.- Part XIII. Personnel and Contributors Top page

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