How do I update only the page numbers of a table of contents in Indesign CS6?

Hi there!
Please help! I'm making a medical book with more then 1300 pages and about 40 different table of contents.
I want to update only the page numbers on all the table of contents. But I only see the option to update the complete table of contents.
I saw on other forums that this is a familiar and very old problem. Did Adobe already fixed this?

hahaha thanks no I won't Using cross-references in the future! but sending the request anyway; nothing ventured, nothing gained!
Thanks again!

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