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The checklist outlined contains more detailed information than what is required to determine the T category according to the AJCC TNM classification. Hence, additional data are provided to the members of the multidisciplinary team who are involved in the process of selecting the most appropriate treatment planning. Information regarding regional and distant metastases, which are crucial, are usually easily inferable from different imaging studies (ultrasound, CT of the neck, PET-CT), and thus translatable in a synthetic classification. For all these reasons, reporting of TNM in radiological reports is not indispensable.