On staging of urologic cancers in accordance with the updated 8th edition of the TNM Classification

On January 1, 2018, an updated 8 th edition of the international TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors comes into effect. The classification was developed by 2 leading organizations: the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Based on consensus conferences of the International Society for Urological Pathology (ISUP) which reconsidered the current approaches to pathomorphology and staging of malignant tumors of the prostate (2009), kidneys (2012), testicles and penis (2015), the World Health Organization approved the new morphological classification of tumors of the urinary and male reproductive systems. At the first time, the TNM Classification indicates evidence level.