TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours

TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours eighth edition provides the latest, internationally agreed-upon standards to describe and categorize cancer stage.

    Published in affiliation with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
    Arranged by anatomical region, this authoritative pocket sized guide contains many important updated organ-specific classifications
    There are new classifications for p16 positive oropharyngeal carcinomas, carcinomas of the thymus, neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas, and sarcomas
    To facilitate the collection of stage data for cancer surveillance in low and middle income countries there are new sections on Essential TNM and Paediatric Cancer Stage
    New colour presentation

Contents
Preface

Acknowledgments

National Committees and International Organizations 

Members of UICC Committees Associated with the TNM System

INTRODUCTION

HEAD AND NECK TUMOURS      

Lip and Oral Cavity

Pharynx: Oropharynx: p16 Negative

p16 Positive

Nasopharynx

Hypopharynx

Larynx

Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses

Unkown Primary – Cervical Nodes

Malignant Melanoma of Upper Aerodigestive Tract

Major Salivary Glands

Thyroid Gland* 

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOURS

Oesophagus including Oesophagogastric Junction

Stomach 

Small Intestine 

Appendix

Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours

Colon and Rectum 

Anal Canal 

Liver: Liver cell carcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma

Gallbladder

Extrahepatic bile ducts: Perihilar bile ducts

Distal bile ducts

Ampulla of Vater

Pancreas 

LUNG, PLEURAL AND THYMIC TUMOURS 

Lung 

Pleural Mesothelioma

Thymus

TUMOURS OF BONE AND SOFT TISSUES   

Bone

Soft Tissues

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST)

SKIN TUMOURS                         

Carcinoma of Skin: Head and Neck

Non Head and Neck

Carcinoma of the Eyelid Malignant Melanoma of Skin 

Merkel Cell Carcinoma of Skin

BREAST TUMOURS       

GYNAECOLOGICAL TUMOURS      

Vulva 

Vagina

Cervix Uteri 

Uterus

Endometrium

Uterine sarcomas

Ovary, Fallopian Tube and Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma

Gestational Trophoblastic Tumours

UROLOGICAL TUMOURS     

Penis

Prostate

Testis 

Kidney

Renal Pelvis and Ureter 

Urinary Bladder 

Urethra 

ADRENAL CORTEX*

OPHTHALMIC TUMOURS    

Carcinoma of Conjunctiva

Malignant Melanoma of Conjunctiva 

Malignant Melanoma of Uvea

Retinoblastoma 

Sarcoma of Orbit 

Carcinoma of Lacrimal Gland

HODGKIN LYMPHOMA   

NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS

ESSENTIAL TNM

PAEDIATRIC TUMOURS