Background
Accurate clinical staging of oral squamous cell cancer can be quite difficult to achieve especially if nodal involvement is identified. Radiologically-assisted clinical staging is more accurate and informs the clinician of locoregional and distant metastasis. Locoregional metastasis is radiologically assessed by MRI of the head and neck region and 2D-US of the neck followed by FNAC of any identified neck lump when indicated. Distant metastasis is usually assessed by either a PA-CXR or a CT chest.