PURPOSE:    To evaluate the feasibility of @entity5 using the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) criteria, and to compare the 6(th) and 7(th) editions. METHODS:    The records of 27 consecutive @entity1 who underwent excision of @entity189 between April 2007 and April 2008 were reviewed. @entity1 with @entity320 , @entity5 , nonmeasurable disease, or medial or lateral canthal @entity5 were excluded. Each @entity1 was staged using the AJCC 6(th) and 7(th) edition criteria based on clinical, pathologic, and radiographic data. RESULTS:    The study included 13 @entity1 and 14 @entity1 aged 32 to 93 years (median, 65 years). Seventeen @entity1 had @entity1491 ; 3, @entity957 ; 6, @entity189 ; and 1, @entity3852 . @entity5 location was lower eyelid in 20 @entity1 and upper eyelid in 7. TNM designations were reliably determined for all 27 @entity1 and were: A) using the 6(th) edition: T1N0M0, 6 @entity1 ; T2N0M0, 6; T2N1M0, 1; T3N0M0, 4; T4N0M0, 9; and T4N1M0, 1. B) using the 7(th) edition: T1N0M0, 6 @entity1 ; T2aN0M0, 8; T2aN1M0, 1; T2bN0M0, 2; T3aN0M0, 6; T3aN1M0, 1; T3bN0M0, 2; and T4N0M0, 1. @entity5 size and nodal status, and systemic work-up were recorded for all @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS:    @entity189 can be reliably staged using the AJCC criteria. There are notable differences between the 6(th) and 7(th) editions of AJCC TNM designation. We recommend AJCC staging using the latest published edition during the initial work-up for all @entity1 with @entity189 to make reporting of outcomes more reliable and reproducible.

Feasibility of using American Joint Committee on Cancer Classification criteria for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity3852 :: ('MESH:D015266', 'Disease') :: ['Merkel cell carcinoma'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['lymphoid tumors', 'Tumor', 'staging eyelid carcinomas', 'Pathologic tumor', 'tumors'] @entity957 :: ('MESH:D002294', 'Disease') :: ['squamous cell carcinoma'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['Eyelid carcinomas', 'sebaceous carcinoma', 'eyelid carcinoma'] @entity320 :: ('MESH:D008545', 'Disease') :: ['melanoma'] @entity1491 :: ('MESH:D002280', 'Disease') :: ['basal cell carcinoma']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['staging eyelid carcinomas']
