Review Article
Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Table 1
Characteristics of high-risk tumors. Adapted from NCCN Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Skin Cancers [
36].
| Size/Location: | | (a) 10 mm (cheeks, forehead, scalp, neck) | | (b) 6 mm3 (central face, eyelids, eyebrows, nose, lips, chin, ear, temple) | |
| Poorly defined borders | | Recurrent disease | | Immunosuppression | | Rapid Growth | | Site of prior radiation, scar | | Neurological symptoms | |
| Pathologic Criteria: | | (a)Moderately or poorly differentiated | | (b) Adenoid (acantholytic), adenosquamous, or desmoplastic | | (c) Depth: | | Clark level IV, V | | ≥4 mm | | (d) Perineural or vascular invasion | |
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