TNM Supplement (eBook)

TNM Supplement: A Commentary on Uniform Use 5
CONTENTS 7
Preface 10
Organizations Associated with the TNM System 15
National Committees 15
Acknowledgements 16
Abbreviations 17
Chapter 1 EXPLANATORY NOTES – GENERAL 19
The General Rules of the TNM System 19
The TNM Clinical and Pathological Classifications 24
Residual Tumour (R) Classification 32
Additional Descriptors 36
Unknown Primary 40
Staging of Tumours for Which No TNM Classification is Provided 40
Histopathological Grading 41
Chapter 2 EXPLANATORY NOTES – SPECIFIC ANATOMICAL SITES 48
Head and Neck Tumours 48
Lip and Oral Cavity 55
Digestive System Tumours 64
Lung and Pleural Tumours 87
Bone Tumours 99
Soft Tissue Tumours 100
Skin Tumours 101
Breast Tumours 107
Gynaecological Tumours 110
Urological Tumours 119
Kidney 123
Adrenal Cortex Tumours 127
Ophthalmic Tumours 128
Hodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas 134
Appendix 136
Chapter 3 SITE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR pT AND pN 152
Introduction 152
Head and Neck Tumours 154
Digestive System Tumours 160
Lung and Pleural Tumours 166
Tumours of Bone and Soft Tissues 168
Skin Tumours 169
Breast Tumours 172
Gynaecological Tumours 174
Urological Tumours 177
Adrenal Cortex Tumours 182
Ophthalmic Tumours 183
Hodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas 185
Chapter 4 NEW TNM CLASSIFICATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR TESTING 189
Introduction 189
General 189
Specific 189
Gastrointestinal Sarcomas (other than GISTs) (ICD-O C15-21) 190
Malignant Thymic Epithelial Tumours (Thymoma) (ICD-O C37) 192
Cranial and Facial Bones (ICD-O C41.0, 1) 192
Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas 195
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (Excluding Lip, Eyelid, Vulva and Penis) (ICD-0 C44.2-7, C63.2) 195
ISLC/EORTC Revision to the Classification of Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome 198
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia 200
Multiple Myeloma 203
Primary Liver Carcinoma in Infants and Children/Hepatoblastoma 204
Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma 206
Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Carcinoma 206
Gastrointestinal Malignant Lymphomas 207
Chapter 5 OPTIONAL PROPOSALS FOR TESTING NEW TELESCOPIC RAMIFICATIONS OF TNM 210
All Tumour Sites 211
Head and Neck Tumours 211
Digestive System Tumours 211
Liver 214
Lung Tumours 214
Tumours of Bone and Soft Tissues 216
Gynaecological Tumours 216
Urological Tumours 217
Chapter 6 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 220
General Questions 220
Site-Specific Questions 229
Index 261
Plate section 286