Head and Neck Cancer

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Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Head and Neck Cancer(Free Handout)



Staging



See Staging for general staging rules. Specific tumor stages for the oropharynx region are as follows:






TX
Primary tumor cannot be assessed



T0
No existence of primary tumor



Tis
Carcinoma in situ



T1
Tumor 2 cm or less in greatest dimension



T2
Tumor more than 2 cm but not more than 4 cm in greatest d...Read the full article