Staging of Sinonasal and Ventral Skull Base Malignancies.
Tremendous pathologic diversity among sinonasal and ventral skull base malignancies complicates development of a uniform and prognostically relevant staging system. Because of the comparatively low incidence of these tumors, comprehensive evaluation and comparison of specific staging systems is difficult. The current American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM staging system for sinonasal malignancies is the most common and widely used system in current clinical practice. Alternative systems have been proposed for use with individual histopathologic subtypes. Many of these staging systems are of great utility and accurately predict patient survival. Further research and adjustment of these current staging systems remains an important area of research.
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 170 Manning Drive, CB 7070, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Dipan D
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Desai
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 170 Manning Drive, CB 7070, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Bryan M
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Brandon
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 170 Manning Drive, CB 7070, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Elizabeth L
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Perkins
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 170 Manning Drive, CB 7070, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Charles S
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Ebert
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 170 Manning Drive, CB 7070, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, 170 Manning Drive, CB 7060, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Adam M
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Zanation
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, 170 Manning Drive, CB 7070, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: brian_thorp@med.unc.edu.
Brian D
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Thorp
D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology*; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cancer staging; Head and neck cancer; Paranasal sinus malignancy; Skull base