Inclusion of Extracapsular Spread in the pTNM Classification System

Volume: 139, Issue: 5, Pages: 483 - 483
Published: May 1, 2013
Abstract
The inclusion of data about the presence of metastatic neck nodes with extracapsular spread (ECS) in the neck dissection improves the prognostic classification of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).To evaluate the prognostic capacity of ECS in patients with HNSCC, and to analyze the usefulness of including this information in the pathological classification of patients treated with a neck dissection.Retrospective...
Paper Details
Title
Inclusion of Extracapsular Spread in the pTNM Classification System
Published Date
May 1, 2013
Volume
139
Issue
5
Pages
483 - 483
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