Due to post-radiation fibrosis, edema, and an aggressive, unpredictable growth pattern, the clinical staging of recurrent glottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) presents a dilemma for head and neck cancer surgeons. By presenting a case report on a patient with recurrent glottic SCC that was clinically and radiographically under-staged, the THANC Foundation aims to discuss potential classification solutions to avoid this problem.
Moustafa Mourad, Sami P. Moubayed, Ilya Likhterov, Mark Urken
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, February 2016
