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Stage IVA Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7

MedGen UID:
236919
Concept ID:
C1336353
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Stage IVA Epidermoid Carcinoma of Mouth; Stage IVA Epidermoid Carcinoma of Oral Cavity; Stage IVA Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Mouth; Stage IVA Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity; Stage IVA Mouth Epidermoid Carcinoma; Stage IVA Mouth Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Stage IVA Oral Cavity Epidermoid Carcinoma; Stage IVA Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Stage IVA Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6; Stage IVA Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7; Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Mouth; Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Cavity; Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Mouth; Stage IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity

Definition

Stage IVA includes: (T4a, N0, M0); (T4a, N1, M0); (T1, N2, M0); (T2, N2, M0); (T3, N2, M0); (T4a, N2, M0). T4a: Oral cavity cancer with moderately advanced local disease. Tumor invades adjacent structures only (e.g., through cortical bone [mandible or maxilla] into deep [extrinsic] muscle of tongue [genioglossus, hyoglossus, palatoglossus, and styloglossus], maxillary sinus, skin of face). T1: Tumor 2 cm or less in greatest dimension. T2: Tumor more than 2 cm but not more than 4 cm in greatest dimension. T3: Tumor more than 4 cm in greatest dimension. N0: No regional lymph node metastasis. N1: Metastasis in a single ipsilateral lymph node, 3 cm or less in greatest dimension. N2: Metastasis in a single ipsilateral lymph node, more than 3 cm but not more than 6 cm in greatest dimension; or in multiple ipsilateral lymph nodes, none more than 6 cm in greatest dimension; or in bilateral or contralateral lymph nodes, none more than 6 cm in greatest dimension. M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 7th ed.) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVStage IVA Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v6 and v7

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