8th Edition AJCC Cancer Staging Completed
The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) recently celebrated the completion of the 8th edition of its Cancer Staging Manual.
The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual defines an international language for oncology. Created with and adopted by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), the AJCC-UICC TNM Cancer Classifications enables communication between eye cancer care providers all over the world. The manual brings together all currently available information on staging of cancer, and incorporates newly acquired knowledge on cancer etiology and pathology.
The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual:
On September 9, a meeting was held at the American College of Surgeons headquarters in Chicago, Illinois to celebrate the completion and publication of the Manual. It was the culmination of a 5-year effort to create the best possible evidence-based cancer classification system.
The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual defines an international language for oncology. Created with and adopted by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), the AJCC-UICC TNM Cancer Classifications enables communication between eye cancer care providers all over the world. The manual brings together all currently available information on staging of cancer, and incorporates newly acquired knowledge on cancer etiology and pathology.
The AJCC Cancer Staging Manual:
- Enables communication within the local health care team.
- Makes patient education more effective.
- Improves clinical and patient-related decision making.
- Allows for quality measurements.
- Improves clinical research.
On September 9, a meeting was held at the American College of Surgeons headquarters in Chicago, Illinois to celebrate the completion and publication of the Manual. It was the culmination of a 5-year effort to create the best possible evidence-based cancer classification system.
Paul T. Finger, MD attended the meeting, representing the 54 Ophthalmic Oncology Task Force (OOTF) members who volunteered countless hours toward making the best possible, consensus-based eye cancer staging system. As Chair of the OOTF, Dr. Finger was primarily responsible to the AJCC for eight chapters submitted for publication.
“This is a unique text that offers the best possible consensus of medical fact and opinion, and most importantly it has been generated by a broad representation of our subspecialty,” Dr. Finger said. “We covered all aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of eye cancer. Everyone who cares for patients with eye cancer should read this book.”
The AJCC is comprised of 20 members including the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and other organizations focused on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
The 8th edition AJCC staging manual is available for pre-order on Amazon.
Members of the Ophthalmic Sites Expert Panel:
Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS
Anush G. Amiryan, MD Claudia Auw-Hädrich, MD Diane Baker, CTR Raymond Barnhill, MD, MSc José M. Caminal, MD, PhD William L. Carroll, MD Nathalie Cassoux, MD, PhD Jaume Catalá-Mora, MD Guillermo Chantada, MD Patricia Chévez-Barrios, MD R. Max Conway, MD, PhD, FRANZCO Sarah E. Coupland, MBBS, PhD - Vice Chair Bertil E. Damato, MD, PhD Hakan Demirci, MD Laurence G. Desjardins, MD François Doz, MD, MSc Jonathan J. Dutton, MD, PhD, FACS Bita Esmaeli, MD, FACS Paul T. Finger, MD, FACS – Chair Brenda L. Gallie, MD, FACSC Gerardo F. Graue, MD Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD – CAP Steffen Heegaard, MD Leonard M. Holbach, MD Santosh G. Honavar, MD, FACS Martine J. Jager, MD, PhD Tero Kivelä, MD, FEBO |
Emma Kujala, MD
Livia Lumbroso-Le Rouic, MD Ashwin C. Mallipatna, MBBS, MS, DNB Giulio M. Modorati, MDFrancis L. Munier, MD Timothy G. Murray, MD, MBA, FACS Anna C. Pavlick, MS, DO Jacob Pe'er, MD David E. Pelayes, MD, PhD Gaelle Pierron Victor G. Prieto, MD, PhD Manuel Jorge Rodrigues, MD Svetlana Saakyan, MD Wolfgang A.G. Sauerwein, MD, PhD Ekaterina Semenova, MD Stefan Seregard, MD Carol Shields, MD E. Rand Simpson, MD, FRCS(C) Arun D. Singh, MD Shigenobu Suzuki, MD, PhD Mary Kay Washington, MD, PhD Valerie A. White, MD, MHSc, FRCPC Michelle Williams, MD Matthew W. Wilson, MD, FACS Christian W. Wittekind, MD – UICC Vivian Yin, MD, MPH, FRCSC |
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