Prognostic value of the 8th edition American Joint Commission Cancer nodal staging system for patients with head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: A multi‐institutional study

• Published in: Head & neck Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 558 - 567
• Main Authors: Luk, Peter P., Ebrahimi, Ardalan, Veness, Michael J., McDowell, Lachlan, Magarey, Matthew, Gao, Kan, Palme, Carsten E., Clark, Jonathan R., Gupta, Ruta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: American Joint Committee on Cancer; Cancer; Head and neck; head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Metastases; Mucosa; nodal metastases; prognosis; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; staging; head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; nodal metastases; American Joint Committee on Cancer; prognosis; staging

Background The 8th edition American Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual (AJCC8) introduced a separate staging system for head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (HNcSCC) which parallels mucosal SCC and incorporates extranodal extension (ENE). This study aims to evaluate its prognostic u...