6.9.7: 7. Staging Oropharyngeal Cancers- P16- — Read

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TNM/AJCC Staging Classification of p16-ve Oropharyngeal Cancers (AJCC 8th ed. 2017)

Staging differs for p16 - and p16 +
T-staging is divided into p16 + and p16 -/p16 not done
Accurate staging is not possible if p16 testing is not available/affordable (“Is AJCC/UICC Staging Still Appropriate for Head and Neck Cancers in Developing Countries?”)
Prognostic value of p16 status may not apply to suboptimally treated patients in resource constrained settings
T4 is a single entity in p16 + cancers whereas it is divided into T4a and T4b in p16 - cancers

AFHNS OPC guidelines p16-

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