NPCA (must knows) (both NCCN and Perez) (under construction) Flashcards
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
parapharyngeal space involvement
T2
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
medial and lateral pterygoid “muscles” extension
T2
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
prevertebral muscles involvement
T2
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
hypopharyngeal involvement
T4
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
infiltration of the bony structures of the skull base
T3
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
involvement of pterygoid plates
T3
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
involvement of paranasal siuses
T3
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
extension to nasal cavity
T1
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
oropharyngeal extension
T1
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the T Stage:
no tumor identified but EBV+ cervical node+
T0
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the N Stage:
solitary lymph node less 4 cm, level 4
N3
unilateral or bilateral metastasis in cervical lymph node(s),
larger than 6 cm,
and/or
“extension below the caudal border of the cricoid.”
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the N Stage:
multiple bilateral retropharyngeal lymph nodes none larger than 6 cm.
N1
Unilateral metastasis in cervical nodes above the cricoid, none more than 6 cm,
and/or
“bilateral RPN”
NPCA
AJCC Staging 2017
Identify the N Stage:
multiple bilateral lymph nodes at the level 2-3 cervical chains, none larger than 6 cm.
N2
bilateral above the cricoid, none more than 6
NPCA
AJCC Staging
Identify the grade:
Well differentiated
NONE
Grading system is not used for NPCa.
NPCA
AJCC Staging
Identify the Prognostic Group
T0, N2, M0
Stage III
T0-2 N1-2
or
T3 N0-2
