Inclusion of extracapsular spread in the pTNM classification system: a proposal for patients with head and neck carcinoma

J De Juan, J García, M López, C Orús… - … –head & neck …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance 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). Objective 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. Design Retrospective unicenter study performed from 1985 through 2007 …