Palatoglossus muscle involvement in oropharynx Carcinoma: A pitfall in the T4 category definition of the 8th edition of the TNM staging system?

Oral Oncol. 2023 Dec:147:106627. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106627. Epub 2023 Nov 9.

Authors

Giancarlo Tirelli¹, Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: paolo.boscolorizzo@units.it.

PMID: 37951116
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106627

No abstract available

Keywords: Human papillomavirus; Oropharyngeal cancer; P16; Palatoglossus muscle; Surgery; TNM staging system.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Carcinoma*
Humans
Muscles / pathology
Neoplasm Staging
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms* / pathology
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies