(头颈部癌症的TNM分类与疾病描述) TNM系统最初是在四十年代提出来的,五十年代被国际抗癌联盟(UICC)采用,多年来,UICC对它进行过重要的修改。1959年成立的美国癌分期与最终结果报导联合委员会(AJC)提出了另一个TNM系统,它与UICC的系统在一些重要方面有区别,在此点,它被更多的医生所采用。AJC最新标准,喉部部分发表于1972年,口腔部分是1968年,咽部是1965年。最近,1977年, (The TNM classification and disease description of head and neck cancer) The TNM system was first proposed in the 1940s and adopted by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) in the 1950s. Over the years, the UICC has made important changes to it. The Joint American Commission on Cancer Stage and Final Results (AJC), established in 1959, proposed another TNM system. It differed from the UICC system in some important aspects. At this point, it was adopted by more doctors. The latest AJC standard, the throat section was published in 1972, the oral part was in 1968, and the throat was in 1965. Recently, in 1977,