Manual for Staging of Cancer

Abstract

Part 1 General information on cancer staging and end-results reporting: purposes and principles of staging reporting of cancer survival and end results. Part 2 Staging of cancer at specific anatomic sites: lip and oral cavity, pharynx (including base of tongue, soft palate, and uvula) larynx maxillary sinus salivary glands (including parotid, submandibular, and sublingual), thyroid gland digestive system sites - oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, anal canal, liver (including intrahepatic bile ducts), gallbladder, extrahepatic bile ducts, ampulla of vater, exocrine thorax - lung, pleural mesothelioma musculoskeletal sites - bone, soft tissue, carcinoma of the skin (excluding eyelid, vulva, and penis), melanoma of the skin (excluding eyelid), breast gynaecologic sites - cervix uteri, corpus uteri, ovary, vagina, vulva genitourinary sites - prostate, testis, penis, urinary bladder, kidney, renal pelvis and ureter, urethra ophthalmic tumours - carcinoma of the eyelid, melanoma of the eyelid, carcinoma of the conjunctiva, melanoma of the conjunctiva, melanoma of the uvea, retinoblastoma, sarcoma of the orbit, carcinoma of the lacrimal gland, brain lymphomas - Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodkin's lymphoma paediatric cancers - nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumour), neuroblastoma, soft-tissue sarcoma - paediatric. Part 3 Personnel of the american joint committee on cancer.

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