Evaluation and Staging of Oral Cancer

Mel Mupparapu; Rabie M Shanti

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2017.08.003

Evaluation and Staging of Oral Cancer

Dent Clin North Am. 2018 Jan;62(1):47-58. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.08.003. Epub 2017 Oct 16.

Authors

Mel Mupparapu¹, Rabie M Shanti²

Affiliations

¹ Oral Medicine, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: mmd@upenn.edu.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

PMID: 29126493
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2017.08.003

Abstract

Although the American Joint Committee on Cancer developed its first cancer-specific staging system in 1959, the TNM classification, as it has become known, has undergone many revisions mainly due to the advancements in both diagnosis and management of cancer, Although the basic purpose of the cancer staging system has remained fundamentally unchanged, the ease with which the cancer can be staged has evolved with newer methods. This article reviews cancer evaluation for staging, as well as the introduction of a new staging method effective as of 2018.

Keywords: CT scan; Lymph node metastases; MRI; Oral cancer; PET scan; Squamous cell carcinoma; TNM classification; Tumor size.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Mouth Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Mouth Neoplasms / pathology*
Mouth Neoplasms / virology
Neoplasm Invasiveness / diagnostic imaging
Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology
Neoplasm Staging / methods*
Prognosis