Consult the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual 5th or 6th edition for detailed descriptions of the components and other staging guidelines.
Head and neck cancers are primarily staged clinically. All head and neck sites with the exception of thyroid use the same classification system for regional lymph nodes.
Refer to the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual 5th or 6th edition for detailed descriptions
of the regional lymph nodes.
Fore more details on Collaborative Stage, see the CS module.