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TNM Classification Help: Explanatory Notes - Specific Anatomical Sites
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Manual for Cancer Staging. Explanatory Notes - Specific Anatomical Sites. Explanatory Notes - Specific Anatomical Sites. Head and Neck Tumours. Tumours of Bone and Soft Tissues. This chapter provides additional explanatory information for the general application of TNM providing more precise definitions for anatomical sites/subsites, regional lymph nodes and T, N, and M categories that are generic or ambiguous. Head and Neck Tumours. Extension to Adjacent Sites. A tumour extending from the oropharynx to ...
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TNM Classification Help: Skin Tumours
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Manual for Cancer Staging. The classifications apply to carcinomas of the skin. Excluding vulva, and penis, to malignant melanomas. Of the skin including eyelid, and to Merkel cell carcinoma. The following sites are identified by ICD-O topography rubrics:. Lip (excluding vermilion surface) (C44.0). External ear (C44.2). Other and unspecified parts of face (C44.3). Scalp and neck (C44.4). Trunk including anal margin and perianal skin (C44.5). Upper limb and shoulder (C44.6). Lower limb and hip (C44.7).
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TNM Classification Help: Digestive System Tumours
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Manual for Cancer Staging. The following sites are included:. Appendix - Carcinoma and Carcinoid Tumours. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST). Gastric, Small and Large Intestinal Carcinoid Tumours. Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Ducts. Extrahepatic Bile Ducts - Distal and Perihilar. The following sites are included:. Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Ducts. Each site is described under the following headings:. Anatomical sites and subsites where appropriate. Definition of the regional lymph nodes. Skin (TNM 7 ...
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TNM Classification Help: Site-Specific Recommendations for pT and pN
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Manual for Cancer Staging. Site-Specific Recommendations for pT and pN. Head and Neck Tumours. Tumours of Bone and Soft Tissues. This new edition of TNM Supplement: A Commentary on Uniform Use, Second Edition, promotes the uniform application of the TNM classification in cancer practice. The text of the second edition of TNM Supplement provides explanations and examples to answer many questions that might arise during the daily use of TNM, particularly in unusual cases. Pp 7, 8):. 4 If there is doubt con...
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TNM Classification Help: About the TNM System
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Manual for Cancer Staging. About the TNM System. This introduction provides a history of the TNM system, the principles of the classification of cancers and general rules of the TNM system applicable to all sites. Headings used in the TNM system to classify tumours for specific anatomical regions and sites are also provided with definitions. The History of the TNM System. The TNM System for the classification of malignant tumours was developed by Pierre Denoix (France) between the years 1943 and 1952.
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TNM Classification Help: Breast Tumours
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Manual for Cancer Staging. The site is described under the following headings:. Rules for classification with the procedures for assessing T, N, and M categories; additional methods may be used when they enhance the accuracy of appraisal before treatment. Definition of the regional lymph nodes. 2 Rules for Classification. The following are the procedures for assessing T, N, and M categories:. Physical examination and imaging, e.g., mammography. Physical examination and imaging. Central portion (C50.1).
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TNM Classification Help: Lung and Pleural Tumours
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Manual for Cancer Staging. Lung and Pleural Tumours. The classifications apply to carcinomas of the lung. And malignant mesothelioma of pleura. Each site is described under the following headings:. Rules for classification with the procedures for assessing T, N, and M categories; additional methods may be used when they enhance the accuracy of appraisal before treatment. Anatomical subsites where appropriate. Definition of the regional lymph nodes. G Histopathological grading where applicable.
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TNM Classification Help: Hodgkin Lymphomas
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Manual for Cancer Staging. At the present time it is not considered practical to propose a TNM classification for Hodgkin lymphoma. A stage classification based on information from histopathological examination of the spleen and lymph nodes obtained at laparotomy cannot be compared with another without such exploration. Therefore, two systems of classification are presented, a clinical (cS) and a pathological (pS). Following the development of the Ann Arbor classification for Hodgkin lymphoma in 1971, th...
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TNM Classification Help: Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
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Manual for Cancer Staging. As in Hodgkin lymphoma, at the present time it is not considered practical to propose a TNM classification for non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Since no other convincing and tested staging system is available, the Ann Arbor classification is recommended with the same modification as for Hodgkin lymphoma (see Hodgkin lymphomas. E-mail this chapter to a friend. Bone and Soft Tissues (TNM 7 and 6). Breast (TNM 7 and 6). Digestive System (TNM 7 and 6). Gynaecological (TNM 7 and 6).
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TNM Classification Help: Head and Neck Tumours
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Manual for Cancer Staging. Head and Neck Tumours. The following sites are included:. Lip, Oral cavity. Pharynx: Oropharynx, Nasopharynx, Hypopharynx. Nasal Cavity and paranasal sinus. Malignant Melanoma of Upper Aerodigestive Tract. The following sites are included:. Lip, Oral cavity. Pharynx: Oropharynx, Nasopharynx, Hypopharynx. Nasal Cavity and paranasal sinus. Each site is described under the following headings:. Anatomical sites and subsites where appropriate. Definition of the regional lymph nodes.