Preferred Label : Stage IVB Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v6 and v7;
NCIt synonyms : Stage IVB Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v7; Stage IVB Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer; Stage IVB Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer AJCC v6;
NCIt definition : Stage IVB includes: (Any T, N3, M0); (T4b, Any N, M0). T4b: Lip and oral cavity cancer
with very advanced local disease. Tumor invades masticator space, pterygoid plates,
or skull base and/or encases internal carotid artery. N3: Metastasis in a lymph node
more than 6 cm in greatest dimension. M0: No distant metastasis. (AJCC 7th ed.);
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Stage IV is divided into stages IVA, IVB, and IVC. In stage IVB, the tumor
has spread to one or more lymph nodes that are larger than 6 centimeters (about 2
inches); or cancer has spread to the muscles or bones in the oral cavity (mouth),
or to the base of the skull, and/or the carotid artery (blood vessel that carries
blood from the heart to the head). Cancer may also have spread to one or more lymph
nodes in the neck.;
Neoplastic status : Malignant;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000512909;
Origin ID : C87302;
UMLS CUI : C2828252;
Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Has associated anatomic sites
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
- disease_excludes_finding
- disease_has_abnormal_cell
- disease_has_finding
- disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- disease_is_stage
