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Staging for Head and Neck Cancer: Purpose, Process and Progress

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With advancing knowledge and new data available, periodic revisions in the TNM staging system is essential. In addition, new disease entities entering in the spectrum of neoplastic diseases demand that a staging system be developed to facilitate their treatment algorithms and outcomes. The most recent revisions in the AJCC/UICC staging system were published in the eighth edition of the AJCC staging manual. This presentation gives a historical background on the AJCC/UICC staging process and highlights major changes introduced in the eighth edition for cancers of the head and neck.

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Delivered as Dr. Praful Desai Oration of the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology, during the 2nd Indian Cancer Congress, Bengaluru, India, Nov. 9. 2017

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Shah, J.P. Staging for Head and Neck Cancer: Purpose, Process and Progress. Indian J Surg Oncol 9, 116–120 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-018-0723-0

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