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What is stage III nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)?
Pronunciation: /steɪʤ iii* nonmelanoma* skɪn ˈkænsər ɔn ðə hɛd ənd nɛk nɑt ɔn ðə ˈaɪˌlɪd/
stage III nonmelanoma skin cancer on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)
Definition
The tumor (1) is larger than 4 centimeters, or cancer has spread to tissue covering the nerves below the dermis, or has spread below the subcutaneous tissue, or has spread to the bone and the bone has minor damage. Cancer may have also spread to one lymph node on the same side of the body as the tumor and the node is 3 centimeters or smaller, and cancer has not spread through to the outside covering of the lymph node; or (2) is 4 centimeters or smaller. Cancer has spread to one lymph node on the same side of the body as the tumor and the node is 3 centimeters or smaller.