The AJCC cancer staging manual has become the standard for cancer staging.
The latest edition is out, however, I am not able to access a contents list.
would be grateful if anyone with access can tell me how much of information on oral cancer is included and different from the last edition.
thanks in advance
The chapter of head and neck is has presented changes in this edition. Not in oral cancer but in oropharyngeal cancer that should now be classified according to HPV status
Dear Mandana Donoghue, there are changes in this edition concerning oral cancer. With respect to T category depth of invasion (DOI) has been added with cutoff points of less than 5 mm, 5-10 and more than 10 mm, the other change in T category is the removal of T0. Concerning the N category the main addition is the extranodal extension (ENE). Other changes have been made concerning the other head and neck malignancies, new chapters have been added. check this article
Article Head and Neck cancers-major changes in the American Joint Co...
Dear Salwan Bede, thank you for the details and the article. This is most helpful.
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