Research Guides: Physician Assistant: Cancer Staging

AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

AJCC Cancer Staging Manual by Mahul B. Amin (Editor-In-Chief); Frederick L. Greene (Editor); Stephen B. Edge (Editor); Richard L. Schilsky (Editor); Lauri E. Gaspar (Editor); Mary Kay Washington (Editor); Daniel C. Sullivan (Editor); Robert K. Brookland (Editor)
Call Number: eBook

The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual is used by physicians and health care professionals throughout the world to facilitate the uniform description and reporting of neoplastic diseases. Proper classification and staging of cancer is essential for the physician to assign proper treatment, evaluate results of management and clinical trials, and to serve as the standard for local, regional and international reporting on cancer incidence and outcome.

National Cancer Institute: SEER Staging a Cancer Case
The Staging a Cancer Case module introduces the concept cancer staging and the use of various staging systems. You will learn about the major and site-specific staging systems, the extent of disease that the different stages represent, and how the various staging systems differ from each other.
National Cancer Institute: SEER Statistics
SEER Explorer is an interactive website that provides easy access to a wide range of SEER cancer statistics. It provides detailed statistics for a cancer site by gender, race, calendar year, age, and for a selected number of cancer sites, by stage and histology.

Colorectal cancer staging
"Colorectal cancer staging Cross – Here we discuss the importance of staging colorectal cancer using Dukes' and TNM systems to determine prognosis and guide treatment, emphasizing the impact of tumor spread on patient outcome."
From: Underwood's Pathology: A Clinical Approach, 8th Edition.
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