TNM Atlas

In 1938 the League of Nations Health Organization published an Atlas Illustrating the Division of Cancer of the Uterine Cervix into Four Stages (edited by J. Heymann, Stockholm). Since this work appeared, the idea of visual representation of the anatom­ ical extent of malignant tumours at the different stages of their development has been repeatedly discussed. At its meeting in Copenhagen in July 1954, the UICC adopted as part of its programme "the realization of a clinical atlas". However, the time to publish the planned book of illustrations was not ripe until the national committees and international or­ ganizations had officially recognized the 28 classifications of malignant tumours at various sites as presented in the third edi­ tion of the TN M Booklet edited by M. Harmer (TNM Classifica­ tion of Malignant Tumours, 1978). This was all the more impor­ tant since publication of the Booklet was followed in 1980 by publication of A Brochure of Checklists, edited by A. H. Sellers, a further aid in the practical application of the TNM system. The TNM Atlas (first edition 1982, second edition 1985) was the third of the aids intended to fulfil the one ultimate purpose of making the classification of the anatomical extent of malignant tumours as much a routine procedure as histological typing and grading.

The TNM Atlas is designed as an aid for the practical application of the TNM classification system by illustrating the T and N categories in clear, easily understood graphics. The aim of such a presentation is twofold: to enable all disciplines involved to reach a more standardized understanding and documentation of the anatomic spread of tumours, and to further enhance the dissemination and use of the TNM classification.

This Fifth Edition includes:

All changes and additions to the Sixth Edition of The TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours

Numerous new figures to illustrate changes and new definitions of categories of:

• Head and neck tumours
• Some digestive system tumours
• Pleural melanoma
• Malignant melanoma of skin
• Breast tumours
• Urological tumours
• Ophthalmic tumours

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