TNM Supplement: A Commentary on Uniform Use - Softcover

 
9781444332438: TNM Supplement: A Commentary on Uniform Use

Synopsis

The TNM Supplement, 4th Edition, includes new, detailed definitions of anatomical sites, regional lymph nodes, and TNM categories. It answers questions that frequently arise during daily use of the TNM system. Importantly, the TNM Supplement expands on the minimum requirements for pathological classification of individal tumour sites and enumerates the recommended criteria for each. Published in association with the Union for International Cancer Control, it provides oncologists with complementary material related to TNM staging not covered in TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th Edition.

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About the Author

Christian Wittekind is Professor and a Head of the Institute of Pathology at Leipzig University Hospital. Dr Wittekind has been contributing his expertise as a member of UICC TNM Core Committee and UICC TNM Prognostic Factors Committee since 1993 and the Chairman of the German TNM Committee since 2006.

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