Distant metastases from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma-analysis of AJCC stage IV

• Published in: Head & neck Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 72 - 75
• Main Authors: Brunner, Markus, Veness, Michael J., Ch'ng, Sydney, Elliott, Michael, Clark, Jonathan R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.01.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary; cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Disease-Free Survival; distant; Female; head and neck; Humans; Male; metastases; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Staging; Prognosis; regional; Retrospective Studies; Skin Neoplasms - mortality; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Survival Analysis; Survival Rate; TNM

Background The seventh edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual introduced a more detailed system to stage regional lymph node metastases for disease with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The purpose of this study was to determine if the inclusion of disease st...