Development and validation of a novel TNM staging N-classification of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma.
John R De AlmeidaJie Susie SuMirko Manojlovic KolarskiTra TruongIlan WeinrebBayardo Perez-OrdonezStephen M SmithAli HosniSnehal G PatelCristina ValeroRonald A GhosseinRonald GhosseinNora KatabiJonathan ClarkTsu-Hui Hubert LowRuta GuptaEvan M GraboyesJoel DaviesMary RichardsonVishu PashamRachel JesterDavid P GoldsteinShao Hui HuangWei XuBrian O'SullivanPublished in: Cancer (2023)
A new N-classification improved staging performance compared to TNM-8-N, by stratifying by ENE extent, eliminating the old N2c category and the 6 cm threshold, and by stratifying multiple nodes by size.