[Perspectives of maxillary surgery in Switzerland].

In Switzerland maxillofacial surgery is qualified as a special surgical discipline according to the regulations of the Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum. The Swiss Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons has acquired the membership of the Union of Swiss Surgical Specialties. Even before this step maxillofacial divisions were built up in several surgical centers.

[TNM classification of malignant tumors: the new 1987 edition].

A new edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumours will be published in spring 1987 by UICC. This 4th edition is an internationally uniform and updated classification of tumours by their anatomical extent and is indispensable for treatment planning and evaluation of treatment results in cancer patients.