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American Joint Committee on Cancer 2010 Webinar Series-
Implementing the Seventh Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

Part II of the 2010 Webinar Series

August 18, 2010 1:00-2:00pm (Central Time) -GYNECOLOGICAL
AJCC and FIGO Unified Staging Gynecologic Disease Sites
Alexander B. Olawaiye, MD, MPCOG, FACOG Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA 

September 16, 2010 12:00pm -1:00pm (Central Time) –GASTROINTESTINAL
What’s New in GI Staging: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Neuroendocrine Tumors of the GI Tract, and Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas
Mary Kay Washington, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 

November 3, 2010 11:00-12:00pm (Central Time) –KIDNEY & ADRENAL GLAND
TNM Staging for Kidney and Adrenal Gland
Steven Campbell, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 

November 10, 2010 11:00-12:00pm (Central Time) –OVARY & APPENDIX
New classifications of appendiceal tumors and understanding the connection between Appendix and Ovary: A Pathologist View
Christopher Otis, MD, Director, Surgical Pathology Director, Immunohistochemistry
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 
and
Leslie Sobin, MD, Co-Chair, TNM Prognostic Factors Project
International Union Against Cancer (UICC), Geneva, Switzerland

December 15, 2010 2:00-3:00pm (Central Time) –MELANOMA AND MERKEL CELL
Melanoma and Merkel Cell Carcinoma Staging
Charles Balch, MD, Professor of Surgery and Oncology and Dermatology
Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, MD 
and
Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Washington Dermatology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

Click here to register for these webinars through the Education Portal

Click here to view the recorded webinars on-demand. Topics include: prostate, colorectal, breast, head and neck, lung, esophagus and stomach, and an overview of all Seventh Edition changes.

Staging Desk Reference

The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) has developed the Staging Desk Reference to serve as handy tool to be used when abstracting cancer cases.

The Staging Desk Reference is a reliable quick reference for coding information for cancer cases.  Concise information is presented in booklet format, including the general staging rules from the 7th Edition Cancer Staging Manual, an extensive cross-reference of ICD-O codes, AJCC chapters, and Collaborative Stage (CSv2) schemas, and more! 

The Staging Desk Reference is not intended to replace the Seventh Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, but is a portable, waterproof, wipe-free, indispensable tool for registrars that put relevant coding and staging at your fingertips!

To order a copy of the Staging Desk Reference, click here.

7th Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual is now available! The new manual takes effect January 1, 2010. Order your copy today at www.cancerstaging.net, through Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.