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Nasopharyngeal cancer is staged by how far the tumour reaches beyond the back of the nose and by which neck lymph nodes it has reached, from stage 0 to stage IV.
AJCC chapter 9 covers the nasopharynx; the AJCC 2026 table lists a Version 9 protocol for 2025. In the NCI's summary (8th edition groupings), stage 0 is abnormal cells in the lining; stage I is cancer in the nasopharynx only; stage II includes spread to lymph nodes on one side of the neck or behind the throat; stage III includes nodes on both sides of the neck; stage IV covers more extensive spread. Check which version a report uses.
Site decides cause and behaviour: HPV drives oropharyngeal cancer, EBV drives nasopharyngeal cancer, tobacco drives oral and laryngeal cancer; all drain into the neck node levels that surgeons and radiotherapists map.
Same organ: Acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary glands, Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2A and MEN2B), Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour syndrome (CDC73-related parathyroid carcinoma), Oropharyngeal cancer (tonsil and base of tongue), Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer, Oral cavity cancer (mouth and tongue), Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Salivary gland cancers, Papillary thyroid cancer, Follicular thyroid cancer, Medullary thyroid cancer, Anaplastic thyroid cancer, Thyroid cancer, Nasal cavity and paranasal sinus cancers (including esthesioneuroblastoma), NUT carcinoma (midline carcinoma with NUTM1 rearrangement), Parathyroid carcinoma, Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes (MEN1, MEN2, MEN4), HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer, HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (including HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer), Recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Hypopharyngeal cancer, Adenoid cystic carcinoma, Salivary duct carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, Oral tongue and floor of mouth cancer, Buccal mucosa and gingivobuccal cancer (oral cancer in India), Lip cancer, Locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (stage III to IVA), Recurrent and metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Esthesioneuroblastoma (olfactory neuroblastoma), Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) and SWI/SNF-deficient sinonasal carcinoma
Showing the organ this term concerns: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Shares AJCC Version 9 staging, Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC), TNM staging.
Shares AJCC Version 9 staging, Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC), TNM staging.
Shares AJCC Version 9 staging, Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC).
Shares AJCC Version 9 staging, Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC), TNM staging.
Shares AJCC Version 9 staging, Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC), TNM staging.
Shares AJCC Version 9 staging, Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC), TNM staging.
Shares Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC), TNM staging.
Shares Disease-specific staging and risk systems (FIGO, Ann Arbor, IPI, R-ISS, ELN, IMDC), TNM staging.
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