TNM staging of cancers of the head and neck: Striving for uniformity among diversity

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-258

  Patel, Snehal G ^a   Shah, Jatin P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; ETHMOID SINUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; CANCER INVASION; CLASSIFICATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 23944489411     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.55.4.242     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. Denoix PF. Tumor, Node and Metastasis (TNM). Bull Inst Nat Hyg (Paris) 1944;1:1-69.
2. Sobin LH. TNM: evolution and relation to other prognostic factors. Semin Surg Oncol 2003;21:3-7.
3. Gospodarowicz MK, Miller D, Groome PA, et al. The process for continuous improvement of the TNM classification. Cancer 2004;100:1-5.
4. Pameijer FA, Balm AJ, Hilgers FJ, Muller SH. Variability of tumor volumes in T3-staged head and neck tumors. Head Neck 1997;19:6-13.
5. Greene FL, Page DL, Fleming ID, et al., eds. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 6th ed. New York, NY: Springer; 2002.
6. Greene FL. TNM: our language of cancer. CA Cancer J Clin 2004;54:129-130.
7. Fleming ID, ed. AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven; 1997.
8. Patel SG, Singh B, Polluri A, et al. Craniofacial surgery for malignant skull base tumors: report of an international collaborative study. Cancer 2003;98:1179-1187.
9. Robbins KT, Clayman G, Levine PA, et al. Neck dissection classification update: revisions proposed by the American Head and Neck Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2002;128:751-758.
10. Yousem DM, Som PM, Hackney DB, et al. Central nodal necrosis and extracapsular neoplastic spread in cervical lymph nodes: MR imaging versus CT. Radiology 1992;182:753-759.
11. Stockler MR, Boyd NF, Tannock IF. Guide to Studies of Diagnostic Tests, Prognostic Factors, and Treatments, in Tannock IF, Hill RF (eds). The Basic Science of Oncology. 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 1998:473.
12. Spiro RH, Huvos AG, Wong GY, et al. Predictive value of tumor thickness in squamous carcinoma confined to the tongue and floor of the mouth. Am J Surg 1986;152:345-350.
13. O-charoenrat P, Pillai G, Patel S, et al. Tumour thickness predicts cervical nodal metastases and survival in early oral tongue cancer. Oral Oncol 2003;39:386-390.
14. Spiro RH, Guillamondegui O Jr, Paulino AF, Huvos AG. Pattern of invasion and margin assessment in patients with oral tongue cancer. Head Neck 1999;21:408-413.
15. Sotiriou C, Lothaire P, Dequanter D, et al. Molecular profiling of head and neck tumors. Curr Opin Oncol 2004;16:211-214.
16. Singh B, Li R, Xu L, et al. Prediction of survival in patients with head and neck cancer using the histoculture drug response assay. Head Neck 2002;24:437-442.
17. Koch W, Sidransky D. Molecular markers of radiation effectiveness in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Semin Radiat Oncol 2004;14:130-138.
18. Sherman EJ, Fisher SG, Aliff E, et al. TALK score: validation of a tool for predicting larynx preservation (LP) outcomes. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 2003;22:497.
19. Zbaren P, Becker M, Lang H. Pretherapeuric staging of laryngeal carcinoma. Clinical findings, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging compared with histopathology. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;77:1263-1273.
20. Kadish S, Goodman M, Wang CC. Olfactory neuroblastoma. A clinical analysis of 17 cases. Cancer 1976;37:1571-1576.
21. Schoder H, Yeung HW. Positron emission imaging of head and neck cancer, including thyroid carcinoma. Semin Nucl Med 2004;34:180-197.
22. Piccirillo JF. Importance of comorbidity in head and neck cancer. Laryngoscope 2000; 110:593-602.