Used by physicians and health care professionals worldwide to facilitate the uniform description of neo-plastic diseases, the fully revised and updated resource brings together all currently available information on cancer staging at various anatomic sites and incorporates newly acquired knowledge on the etiology and pathology of cancer. Organized by disease site into 48 comprehensive chapters, it features much-anticipated, major revisions to the chapters on melanoma and breast cancer. Numerous new line drawings illustrate key anatomic sites throughout. The AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook remains the essential reference for oncologists, pathologists, surgeons, cancer registrars and medical professionals worldwide to assure that all are trained in the language of cancer staging.

FREDERICK L. GREENE, M.D.
Chair, Department of General Surgery
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina

DAVID L. PAGE, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Epidemiology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

IRVIN D. FLEMING, M.D.
Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee

APRIL G. FRITZ, C.T.R., R.H.I.T.
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland

CHARLES M. BALCH, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Oncology
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

DANIEL G. HALLER, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MONICA MORROW, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Director, Lynn Sage Breast Center
Northwestern University
School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois