SEER Extent of Disease, 1998. Codes and Coding Instructions. Third Edition

摘要

This is the first complete review and revision of the SEER Extent of Disease --1988: Codes and Coding Instructions (EOD-88) since it was first published. In l992, SEER published the second edition, in which the most significant change from the first edition was the primary site codes were updated to the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 2nd ed. (WHO, 1990)(ICD-O-2). This edition was extensively edited to clarify existing guidelines, to update various schemes based on questions received by the SEER Inquiry System, and to maintain uniformity with the edition of the TNM staging system in effects at the time of publication of this manual. Both the first and second editions of EOD-88 are compatible with the American Joint Committee on Cancer's (AJCC) Manual for Staging of Cancer, 3rd ed. (Lippincott, 1988). The third edition of the SEER EOD manual has been made fully compatible with the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, fifth edition, (Lippincott-Raven, 1997). There are no plans to address variances or changes in the fourth edition of the AJCC manual.