Now in its 9th edition. From the UICC website: “The classification of cancer by anatomic disease extent, i.e. stage, is the major determinant of appropriate treatment and prognosis. Stage is an increasingly important component of cancer surveillance and cancer control and an endpoint for the evaluation of the population-based screening and early detection efforts. The UICC TNM classification is the internationally accepted standard for cancer staging.”
ICCR is an alliance of major pathology and cancer organizations responsible for the commission, publication, and maintenance of internationally standardized cancer reporting datasets. ICCR collaborates with volume editors and authors of the WHO classification of tumours to ensure that all ICCR datasets integrate the latest information from the WHO classification.
The Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC)CGC was developed by and for clinical cytogeneticists, molecular geneticists, and molecular pathologists. CGC is committed to providing high-quality education and promoting best practices in clinical cancer genomics.
The Compendium of Cancer Genome AberrationsThe Compendium of Cancer Genome Aberrations (CCGA) is a collaborative effort to document and describe chromosomal and genomic abnormalities in cancer. Its content is based on the current edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours.