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Preliminary Note

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TNM Atlas

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The TNM system for describing the anatomical extent of disease is based on the assessment of three components:

  • T — The extent of the primary tumour

  • N — The absence or presence and extent of regional lymph node metastasis

  • M — The absence or presence of distant metastasis

ICO-O International Classification of Diseasea foor Oncology, 2nd edn (1990) WHO, Geneva

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  1. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Krankenhausstraße 12, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany

    P. Hermanek

  2. New Jersey Medical School, Dept. of Pathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ, 07039, USA

    R. V. P. Hutter

  3. Division of Gastrointenstinal Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, 20306, USA

    L. H. Sobin

  4. Institut für Epidemiologie und Biometrie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    G. Wagner

  5. Institut für Pathologie, Universität Leipzig, Liebigstraße 26, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Ch. Wittekind

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  1. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Erlangen, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Krankenhausstraße 12, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany

    P. Hermanek

  2. New Jersey Medical School, Dept. of Pathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ, 07039, USA

    R. V. P. Hutter

  3. Division of Gastrointenstinal Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, 20306, USA

    L. H. Sobin

  4. Institut für Epidemiologie und Biometrie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    G. Wagner

  5. Institut für Pathologie, Universität Leipzig, Liebigstraße 26, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Ch. Wittekind

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Hermanek, P., Hutter, R.V.P., Sobin, L.H., Wagner, G., Wittekind, C. (1997). Preliminary Note. In: Hermanek, P., Hutter, R.V.P., Sobin, L.H., Wagner, G., Wittekind, C. (eds) TNM Atlas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03432-3_1

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