Cancer Staging Poster Series
Based on the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 7th edition, the updated Cancer Staging Posters include the TNM classification, stage grouping and anatomic drawings for seven cancer sites:
Ideal for display in pathology departments, dictation areas, medical record/chart completion areas, physician offices, cancer registries and at tumor board and cancer conferences. These cancer staging posters have been saved as downloadable PDF files. You can print a document-sized version of the poster right from your own printer. Medium or large-sized posters can be printed in your print shop or at a FedEx Office location. *Please note: The breast and lung sites are two poster sets. The other five sites are single posters. Limited quantities of the poster are now available for order here.
Summary of Changes: Understanding the Changes from the Sixth to the Seventh Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual The AJCC has developed a Summary of Changes document to clearly illustrate the changes contained in the latest edition of the Cancer Staging Manual. This document takes the place of the Comparison Guide that was produced for previous editions of the manual. The Summary of Changes covers all the changes in each chapter and the addition of new chapters in the Seventh Edition Staging Manual. Thus, the Summary of Changes is comprehensive in its scope but tenable at just 27 pages. The Summary of Changes has been created in an enhanced PDF so that it can be shown like a PowerPoint slide show when the full screen option is selected. This viewing option is ideal for sharing the Summary of Changes at educational events or cancer committee meetings. As a PDF file, the Summary of Changes can also be easily printed to have a hard copy on hand as a useful reference. This way, users can have their choice of using the Summary of Changes in which ever way they feel most comfortable.
Download the Summary of Changes below: Summary of Changes (1420K PDF)
Staging Desk Reference
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 an indispensable tool for registrars that puts relevant coding and staging at your fingertips! To order a copy of the Staging Desk Reference, click here.
AJCC Advances in Cancer Staging from 2009 ACS Clinical Congress The recording of this special interactive session which took place at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago is now available. This session focused on the application of staging strategies to surgical and non-surgical treatments. Sites addressed include colorectal, breast, lung, and melanoma of the skin. CME credit is available at the completion of the program. ACS Clinical Congress 2009 IMPORTANT: The PS55 - Advances in Cancer Staging: An Interactive Session, will direct you to the E-Learning Resource Center. If you already have an existing account, click the "Login" button. If you do not have an account or have not purchased Webcast access before, it is important that you first create an account by clicking on the "New Users - Create an Account" button. Staging Moments Staging Moments, a facility-level educational series developed by the AJCC, is intended to promote physician discussion on proper and accurate cancer staging. For use in department cancer or tumor board conferences, this series offers succinct, case-based presentations following the common format of: symptom presentation; imaging work-up; and pathology diagnosis. The presentations target difficult and common staging scenarios and clarify the finer points of staging.
Collaborative Staging in Relation to TNM: What Physicians Need to Know Intended for use by cancer program staff, this presentation clarifies the use of the Collaborative Staging System to capture AJCC TNM stage including what Collaborative Staging is, why we use it, and its general principles. Presentation will be available later in 2010. CLP Educational Web Conferences Cancer Staging - What You Need to Know Published by the American Joint Committee on Cancer, this patient information brochure presents the concept of cancer staging for patients and families. It explains the TNM system, lists some commonly staged cancers, defines the concept of stage grouping, and discusses the purpose of the cancer registry. The complimentary brochure is available in English and Spanish! Cancer Staging-What You Need to Know (English) (475K PDF) Pocket Staging Cards - 7th Edition 10 Card Set The Seventh Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual was released in 2009 with revisions being implemented in January, 2010. In conjunction with the AJCC, the American Cancer Society (ACS), has produced revised Pocket-size staging cards for the Seventh Edition. Each Staging Card Set will be packaged in a pocket-sized folder with Seventh Edition Staging Cards for the top 10 cancer sites - Breast, Colorectal, Lung, Pancreas, Prostate, Urinary, Bladder, Ovary, Kidney, Cervical, and Endometrial. To order, please contact your local American Cancer Society chapter or call 1-800-227-2345. Product Code Number (3485.02) Articles on AJCC TNM Staging System Leong SPL, Gershenwald JE, Soong SJ, Schadendorf D, Tarhini AA, Agarwala S, Hauschild A, Soon CWM, Daub A, and Kashani-Sabet M. Contributed article: American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) melanoma staging system and predictive models to reflect the biology and outcomes of melanoma patients. In Cutaneous Melanoma: A Model to Study Cancer Metastasis. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 103:538-549, 2011. Thompson JF, Soong SJ, Balch CM, Gershenwald JE, Ding S, Coit DG, Flaherty K, Gimotty P, Johnson T, Johnson M, Leong S, Ross, M, Byrd D, Cascinelli N, Cochran A, et al. The prognostic significance of mitotic rate in localized primary cutaneous melanoma: An analysis of patients in the multi-institutional AJCC melanoma staging database. Journal of Clinical Oncology. Jun 1;29(16):2199-205, 2011. White RL, Stell VA, Soong SJ, Ding S, Salo JC, Pockag BA, Essner R, Charney K, Avisar E, Hauschild A, Averbook BJ, Garberoglio CA, Vetto JT, Ross MI, Gershenwald JE, Biel M, Chu D, Trisal V, Hoekstra H, Whitman E, Wanebo HJ, DeBonis D, Vezeridis M, Chevinsky A, Kashani-Sabet M, Leong SPL for the Sentinel Lymph Node Working Group. Factors predictive of the status of sentinel and non-sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma from a large, multi-center database. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2011; June 7. [Epub ahead of print] Balch CM, Gershenwald JE, Soong SJ, Thompson JF. Update of the melanoma staging system: The importance of sentinel node staging and primary tumor mitotic rate. Journal of Surgical Oncology. Sept:104(4):379-85, 2011. Initial PET/CT staging for choroidal melanoma: AJCC correlation and second nonocular primaries in 333 patients, Aurélien Freton, Kimberly J. Chin, Robert Raut, Lawrence B. Tena, Tero Kivelä, Paul T. Finger New N Staging System of Penile Cancer Provides a Better Reflection of Prognosis, Yao Zhu, Ding-Wei Ye, Xu-Dong Yao, Shi-Lin Zhang, Bo Dai and Hai-Liang Zhang TNM: Our Language of Cancer, Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS The Staging of Cancer: A Retrospective and Prospective Appraisal, Frederick L. Greene, MD, et. al. Comparison of Registrar Collaborative Staging and Physician AJCC Staging Using Date Submitted to the National Cancer Data Base (1670K PDF),Phillips, JL, Gress, DM, Journal of Registry Management Spring 2008. The "y" Symbol: an Important Classification Tool for Neoadjuvant Cancer Treatment (50K PDF), Brierley, JD, Greene, FL, Sobin, LH, Wittekind, C. Cancer 2006; 106:2526-7. On the Use and Abuse of X in the TNM Classification (230K PDF), Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS Cancer 2005; 103:647-649. The AJCC the 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and the Future of TNM (150K PDF), Stephen B. Edge, MD and Carolyn C. Compton, MD PhD, Annals of Surgical Oncology 2010 2010 TNM Staging System for Cutaneous Melanoma and Beyond (150K PDF), Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, MD, Seng-jaw Soong, PhD, Charles M. Balch, MD, Annals of Surgical Oncology 2010 7th Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Manual Stomach (205K PDF), Mary Kay Washington, Md PhD, Aannals of Surgical Oncology 2010 Creating and Providing Predictions of Melanoma Outcome (125K PDF), Kenneth K. Tanabe, MD, Sebastian Jara, BSc, and James Michaelson, PhD. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2010 Improvements in the Staging of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (150K PDF), Thomas Lardaro, BSc, Sofia M. Shea, MD, et al. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2010 Predicting Survival Outcomes of Localized Melanoma An Electronic Prediction Tool Based on AJCC Melanoma Database (310K PDF), Seng-jaw Soong, PhD, et al. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2010 Reply to I.D. Ngtegaal et al (50k PDF), J. Milburn Jessup, MD et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010
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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.