Oral squamous cell carcinoma has a remarkable incidence worldwide and a fairly onerous
prognosis, encouraging further research on factors that might modify disease outcome. In …

PURPOSE: To perform a meta-analysis comparing ultrasonography (US), US guided fine
needle aspiration cytology (USgFNAC), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic …

BACKGROUND: Tumor thickness (TT) appears to be a strong predictor for cervical lymph‐
node involvement in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (OSCC), but a precise …

Background Positron emission tomography using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG PET)
has been proposed to enhance preoperative assessment of cervical lymph node status in …

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains a challenge for head and neck surgeons,
with low 5-year survival rates despite improvements in diagnostic techniques and therapies …

BACKGROUND. Podoplanin is a mucin‐like glycoprotein that is important in
lymphangiogenesis but not blood vessel formation. Recent studies suggested a potential …

Background. This study investigates the influence on survival and regional control rates of
neck dissection therapy at the time of surgery of the primary tumor in early stages of …

Objectives Depth of invasion (DOI) is the most important predictor for lymph node metastasis
(LNM) in early stage (T1-T2) oral cancer. The aim of this study is to validate the cut-off value …

Selective neck dissection is a modification of the more comprehensive modified radical or
radical neck dissection that is designed to remove only those nodal levels considered to be …

Background Analysis of the lymphatic drainage pattern, the reliability of a negative sentinel
lymph node biopsy (SLNB), as well as the impact of sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases …