NCIt related terms : Stage IVB Major Salivary Gland Cancer;
NCIt definition : Stage IVB includes: (T4b, Any N, M0); (Any T, N3, M0). T4b: Very advanced disease.
Tumor invades skull base and/or pterygoid plates and/or encases carotid artery. N3:
Metastasis in a lymph node, more than 6 cm in greatest dimension. M0: No distant metastasis.
(AJCC 7th ed.);