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==Staging== | ==Staging== | ||
It is customary to record: | It is customary to record: | ||
# The size of the largest lymph node metastasis.‡ | # The size of the largest lymph node metastasis. ‡ | ||
#* It is a dictum of the ''Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical pathology''<ref name=pmid11007046>{{Cite journal | title = Recommendations for the reporting of specimens containing oral cavity and oropharynx neoplasms. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 13 | issue = 9 | pages = 1038-41 | month = Sep | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880188 | PMID = 11007046 }}</ref> that masses >3 cm are matted lymph nodes/confluent lymph nodes ''or'' a tumour mass. | #* It is a dictum of the ''Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical pathology''<ref name=pmid11007046>{{Cite journal | title = Recommendations for the reporting of specimens containing oral cavity and oropharynx neoplasms. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 13 | issue = 9 | pages = 1038-41 | month = Sep | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880188 | PMID = 11007046 }}</ref> that masses >3 cm are matted lymph nodes/confluent lymph nodes ''or'' a tumour mass. | ||
# The presence/absence of extranodal extension. | # The presence/absence of extranodal extension. | ||