Lung Tumours (ICD-O 162.2-9)
The classification applies only to carcinoma. There should be histological confirmation of the disease to permit division of cases by histological type.
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International Union Against Cancer Union Internationale Contre Ie Cancer
TNM Atlas Illustrated Guide to the TNMI pTNM-Classification of Malignant Tumours Edited by B. Spiessl O. H. Beahrs P. Hermanek R. V. P. Hutter O. Scheibe L. H. Sobin G. Wagner
Third Edition
With 452 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH 1989
lIIustrations:
Ulrike Kerl, Militschstr. 67, D-3300 Braunschweig, FRO
1st Edition 1982 2nd Edition 1985
ISBN 978-3-540-17721-0
ISBN 978-3-662-10563-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-10563-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data TNM-atlas : illustrated guide to the TNM/pTNM-c1assification of malignant tumors I edited by B. Spiessl ... let al.]. - 3rd ed. p. cm. At head of title: UICC, International Union Against Cancer. ISBN 0-387-17721-3 (U.S.) 1. Tumors-Classification. 2. Cancer-Atlases. I. Spiessl, Bernd. II. International Union against Cancer. [DNLM: 1. Neoplasms-classification-atlases. QZ 17 T626] DNLM/DLC RC258.T581989 616.99'4'0012 for Library of Congress 88-31846 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9,1965, in its version of June 24,1985, and a copyright fee must always be paid. Violations fall under the prosecution act of the German Copyright Law. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1982, 1985, 1989 Origiruilly Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg in 1989 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in the publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting printing and binding: Appl, Wemding 2121/3145-543210-Printed on acid-free paper
Preface to the Third Edition
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 anatomical 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 organizations had officially recognized the 28 classifications of malignant tumours at various sites as presented in the third edition of the TN M Booklet edited by M. Harmer (TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 1978). This was all the more important since publication of the Booklet was followed in 1980 by publication of A Brochure of Checklists, edited by A. H. Sellers, a
