Common Methods
from Manual of Clinical Oncology

Early lesions are commonly T1 and T2 with negative nodes; advanced lesions are T3 and T4, or any tumor with positive regional lymph nodes.

Key:
R = radiation therapy
S = Surgery
C = Chemotherapy
/ = a choice of treatments (preferred modality is first)
( ) = a lesser therapeutic alternative

Lip

Primary	Early	Advanced
Lip	R/S	S/R

Oral Cavity

Primary	Early	Advanced
Oral tongue	S/R	S+R
Floor of mouth	S/R	S+R
Gingiva	S	S+R
Hard Palate	S	S+R
Buccal mucosa	S/R	S+R
Retromolar trigone	S	S+R

Oropharynx

Primary	Early	Advanced
Soft palate	R	R/chmo+S
Tonsillar fossa	S/R	S+R
Anterior tonsillar pillar	S/R	S+R
Pharyngeal tongue	S/R	R/chmo+S
Pharyngeal wall	R	S+R

Hypopharynx

Primary	Early	Advanced
Pyriform sinus	S/R/C	R or S/R/C
Posterior pharynx	R/C	R/S/C

Larynx

Primary	Early	Advanced
Glottic (vocal cord)	R/(S)	S+R/C
Supraglottic	R/(S)	S+R/C
Subglottic	S/R	S+R/C

Nasopharynx

Primary	Early	Advanced
Nasopharynx	R/C	R/C

Paranasal sinuses

Primary	Early	Advanced
Nasal cavity	S/R/C	S+R
Nasal vestibule	R/(S)/C	R
Ethmoid sinus	S+R/C	S+R
Frontal and sphenoid sinuses	R/S/C	R
Maxillary antrum	S/R/C	S+R±C

Salivary glands

Primary	Early	Advanced
Parotid gland	S±R	S±R
Submandibular gland	S, S+R	S+R

Thyroid gland

Primary	Early	Advanced
Thyroid gland	S	S+R (ablation)