title: Let's make grading of squamous cell carcinomas more meaningful to clinicians (via "Ed's Insight").
abstract: Histologic grading of squamous cell carcinomas seems to lack clinical import or usefulness in most instances. Perhaps this is because we are doing it incorrectly. This article suggests a simple grading philosophy that potentially may prove more meaningful. Comments about the nature of verrucous carcinoma are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrine and Otorhinolaryngic/Head & Neck Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Heffner
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology