美国癌症联合委员会的《癌症分期手册》被全世界的医生用来诊断癌症和确定癌症的发展程度。本手册第七版所包含的所有TNM分期信息都是AJCC（美国癌症联合委员会）和UICC（国际抗癌联盟）统一的。

The American Joint Committee on Cancer's Cancer Staging Manual is used by physicians throughout the world to diagnose cancer and determine the extent to which cancer has progressed. All of the TNM staging information included in this Seventh Edition is uniform between the AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) and the UICC (International Union Against Cancer).