TNM classification of malignant tumours / edited by L.H. Sobin, M.K. Gospodarowicz, and Ch. Wittekind.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sobin, L. H.

Gospodarowicz, M. K. (Mary K.)

Wittekind, Ch. (Christian)

International Union against Cancer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tumors--Classification.

Tumors.

Oncology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

7th ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th Edition provides the latest, internationally agreed-upon standards to describe and categorize cancer stages and progression. Published in affiliation with the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), this authoritative guide contains important updated organ-specific classifications that oncologists and other professionals who manage patients with cancer need to accurately classify tumours for staging, prognosis and treatment. The major alterations addressed in the 7th Edition concern carcinomas of the oesophag

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Organizations Associated with the TNM System; Members of UICC Committees Associated with the TNM System; Section Editors; INTRODUCTION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOURS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOURS; LUNG AND PLEURAL TUMOURS; BONE AND SOFT TISSUE TUMOURS; SKIN TUMOURS; BREAST TUMOURS; GYNAECOLOGICAL TUMOURS; UROLOGICAL TUMOURS; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOURS; OPHTHALMIC TUMOURS; HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS

Notes:

"UICC International Union Against Cancer."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4443-5896-0

1-282-31691-5

1-78034-580-1

9786612316913

1-4443-1760-1

OCLC:

519816251