Table of Staging System
for Major Salivary Gland Malignancies
American Joint Committee on Cancer: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual.
Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 5th ed., 1997
Staging System for
Major Salivary Gland Malignancies
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PRIMARY TUMOR (T)
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TX
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Primary tumor cannot be assessed
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T0
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T0 No evidence of primary tumor
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T1
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Tumor 2 cm or less in greatest dimension without
extraparenchymal extension
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T2
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Tumor more than 2 cm but not more than 4 cm in
greatest dimension without extraparenchymal extension
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T3
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Tumor having extraparenchymal extension without
seventh nerve involvement and/or more than 4 cm but not more than
6 cm in greatest dimension
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T4
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Tumor invades base of skull, seventh nerve, and/or
exceeds 6 cm in greatest dimension
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REGIONAL LYMPH NODES (N)
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NX
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Regional lymph nodes cannot be assessed
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N0
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No regional lymph node metastasis
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N1
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Metastasis in a single ipsilateral lymph node;
3 cm or less in greatest dimension
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STAGE GROUPING
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M0
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I
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T1
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N0
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M0
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T2
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N0
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M0
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II
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T3
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N0
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M0
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III
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T1
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N1
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M0
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T2
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N1
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M0
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IV
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T4
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N0
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M0
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T3
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N1
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M0
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T4
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N1
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M0
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Any T
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N2
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M0
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Any T
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N3
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M0
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Any T
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Any N
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M1
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(Adapted from American Joint Committee on Cancer. Cancer staging manual,
5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott–Raven, 1997.)
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