Comparison of Tumor Classifications for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck in the 7th vs 8th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual | Zendy

Pritesh S. Karia | Zendy; Frederick Morgan | Zendy; Joseph A. Califano | Zendy; Chrysalyne D. Schmults | Zendy

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Comparison of Tumor Classifications for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck in the 7th vs 8th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual

Author(s) -

Pritesh S. Karia,

Frederick Morgan,

Joseph A. Califano,

Chrysalyne D. Schmults

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.3960

Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , ajcc staging system , oncology , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , cohort , stage (stratigraphy) , primary tumor , retrospective cohort study , head and neck cancer , metastasis , paleontology , staging system , biology

Previous studies have shown that the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 7th edition (AJCC 7), tumor classification for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) failed to accurately stratify disease-related outcomes. The recently released 8th edition (AJCC 8) features a revised tumor classification for only head and neck CSCC (HNCSCC).

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