The Sixth Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual brings together information on staging of cancer at various anatomic sites and incorporates knowledge on the etiology and pathology of cancer. All of the TNM staging information included in the Sixth Edition is uniform between the AJCC and the UICC (International Union Against Cancer). A CD-ROM packaged with the Manual contains printable copies of each of the book's 45 Staging Forms for both individual and institutional use. The Manual remains the essential reference for oncologists, pathologists, surgeons, cancer registrars, and medical professionals worldwide to assure that all those taking care of cancer patients will be trained in the language of cancer staging.

The AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook contains the complete text of the Manual conveniently sized to fit the pocket of a lab coat for complete portability.

The AJCC Cancer Staging Atlas contains hundreds of black-and-white illustrations, created exclusively for the book, depicting the anatomic extent of disease for tumor (T), regional lymph node (N), and distant metastasis (M) for multiple sites, including head and neck, digestive system, thorax, musculoskeletal, soft tissue, breast, genitourinary, and gynecologic sites. The images provide thorough anatomic depictions to clarify critical structures and allow the reader to instantly visualize the progressive extent of malignant disease. Numerous labels identify important anatomic structures.

Packaged with the book is a CD-ROM, AJCC Cancer Staging Illustrations in PowerPoint®. This CD provides the purchaser with PowerPoint® slides of all 400 illustrations in the Staging Atlas for importation into any PowerPoint presentation for use at tumor boards, grand rounds, seminars, and lectures. (Figure legends and credit lines are embedded in each image.) Live links are provided for purchasers who wish to obtain permission to reprint the figures in other publications.