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Changes in the 8th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging of Head and Neck Cancer: Rationale and Implications

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

The objectives of this article are to review the major changes in the staging of head and neck cancers and the rationale for the modifications.

Recent Findings

Information gathered from various institutional reports lead to a better understanding of the clinical and biological behavior of head and neck tumors, resulting in distinct outcomes, which were used to update the staging system.

Summary

This article reviews the changes in the staging of head and neck cancers published in the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC TNM staging system.

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This work was funded in part through the NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grant P30 CA008748.

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  1. Head and Neck Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Daniella Karassawa Zanoni, Snehal G. Patel & Jatin P. Shah

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Zanoni, D.K., Patel, S.G. & Shah, J.P. Changes in the 8th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging of Head and Neck Cancer: Rationale and Implications. Curr Oncol Rep 21, 52 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-019-0799-x

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