Preferred Label : Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck pT3 TNM Finding v8;
NCIt related terms : pT3;
NCIt definition : Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with tumor 4 cm or larger in
greatest dimension or minor bone erosion or perineural invasion or deep invasion.
Deep invasion is defined as invasion beyond the subcutaneous fat or larger than 6
mm; perineural invasion for T3 classification is defined as tumor cells within the
nerve sheath of a nerve lying deeper than the dermis or measuring 0.1 mm or larger
in caliber, or presenting with clinical or radiographic involvement of named nerves
without skull base invasion or transgression. (from AJCC 8th Ed.);
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL519805;
Origin ID : C133208;
UMLS CUI : C4524478;
Semantic type(s)
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