TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 8th Edition (UICC)

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

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James D. Brierley, BSc, MB, FRCP, FRCR, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the University of Toronto, Canada
Dr Brierley trained in Clinical Oncology in the UK and developed his interest in cancer staging and surveillance when moving to Canada and has been involved in cancer surveillance, locally, nationally and internationally. He is Co-Chair of the UICC TNM Prognostic Factors Project. He has co-edited the TNM Supplement 4th edition (Wiley 2012) and the UICC Manual of Clinical Oncology (Wiley 2015).

Mary K. Gospodarowicz MD, FRCPC, FRCR (Hon)
Medical Director, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network; Regional Vice-President of Cancer Care Ontario for Toronto South; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr Gospodarowicz is the Past-President of UICC. She has a long-standing interest in cancer classification with an emphasis on staging and prognostic factors and she has been involved in the UICC TNM Project for many years. Her interests include the application of modern information and communication technologies in cancer control. Dr Gospodarowicz was coeditor of the 7th edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (Wiley 2009) and editor of the 2nd and 3rd editions of the UICC Prognostic Factors in Cancer (Wiley 2001, 2006).

Christian Wittekind MD
Professor of Pathology, Chairman Institute of Pathology, University of Leipzig, Germany
Dr Wittekind been involved in cancer staging and tumour classifications for over 20 years. He is a member of the UICC TNM Core Committee, Head of the German Speaking TNM-Komittee, and personally responds to all the questions to the UICC TNM helpdesk. He was the coeditor of the 5th , 6th and 7th edition of the TNM classification of Malignant Tumours (Wiley 1997, 2002, 2009) editor of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th edition of the TNM Supplement (Wiley 2001, 2003 and 2012) and editor of the 6th edition of the TNM Atlas (Wiley 2014).