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Oral Cancer Staging

Cancer staging is the process of determining the extent of the disease and how far the cancer has spread. Doctors use information about the stage of the cancer to develop a treatment plan and evaluate the patient's prognosis (expected outcome). Oral cancer and oropharyngeal cancer are staged using the TNM Staging System, which was developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC).

In the TNM system, T refers to the size of the tumor and which oral tissues are a...Read the full article