Does the AJCC classification differ from the UICC TNM classification?
No. The TNM classifications in the publications of the UICC and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) are identical. They were formulated together, but appear in separate books, namely, the UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours and the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. Both are in their fifth editions and were published in 2002 [1, 8]. 1.
