AJCC 8th Edition oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma staging – Is it an improvement on the AJCC 7th Edition?

The 8th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual, Head and Neck Section has recently been released and will have been introduced into clinical practice at the commencement of 2018 [1]. The 8th Edition represents the most significant changes to Oral Cavity cancer staging since the first edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual was published in 1977 [2].

Source: Oral Oncology - May 10, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Katherine Pollaers, Anton Hinton-Bayre, Peter L. Friedland, Camile S. Farah Source Type: research