## Background: American joint committee on cancer (ajcc) staging procedures were first published in 1977. since 1991 the commission on cancer (coc) has required ajcc staging of all nonpediatric cancers. the national cancer data base (ncdb) encouraged recording of ajcc staging through analyses of se
American joint committee on cancer staging and end results reporting. Objectives and progress
โ Scribed by Murray M. Copeland
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 339 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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