May 23rd 2025
From breast cancer to head and neck tumors, the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting may feature a wide range of practice-changing data across cancer care.
Does Neck Stage Predict Local Control After Irradiation for Head and Neck Cancer?
March 1st 1996The impact of neck stage (N stage) on local control after treatment for head and neck cancer is controversial. This article reviews the pertinent literature. Based on this review, the authors conclude that although N stage
Does Neck Stage Predict Local Control After Irradiation for Head and Neck Cancer?
March 1st 1996The paper by Mendenhall et al addresses a very debatable issue, ie, the influence of nodal stage on local control for head and neck carcinomas treated by radiotherapy. The paper is well written and appropriately referenced, and the authors fairly conclude that, based on currently available data, nodal stage has no clear impact on the probability of primary local control after radiotherapy.
Inclusion of Comorbidity in a Staging System for Head and Neck Cancer
September 1st 1995The widespread use of the TNM staging system has helped standardize the classification of cancers. Despite its excellence in describing a tumor's size and extent of anatomic spread, the TNM system does not account for the clinical biology of the cancer.
Commentary (Chen/Feigal): Inclusion of Comorbidity in a Staging System for Head and Neck Cancer
September 1st 1995The tumor, node, metastases (TNM) cancer staging system is widely accepted by physicians as a predictor of prognosis and as a guide to therapy. Multiple national and international organizations, including the American Joint Committee on Cancer and the TNM Committee of the International Union Against Cancer have periodically evaluated and revised this international staging system since it was first proposed over four decades ago [1].