BACKGROUND: Elective neck dissection (END) is commonly used as a staging and
therapeutic procedure for oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) at high risk of nodal …

Purpose There is evidence to suggest that a nodal yield< 18 is an independent prognostic
factor in patients with clinically node negative (cN0) oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) …

Objective Even after a pathologically node-negative (pN0) neck dissection for oral cavity
squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), patients may develop regional recurrence. In this study, we …

BACKGROUND Prognostic lymph node yield thresholds have been identified and
incorporated into treatment guidelines for multiple cancer sites, but not for oral cancer. The …

Background Whether elective lymph neck dissection (ELND) is associated with improved
survival in oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the maxillary alveolus/hard palate is not …

Importance Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) is associated with often-delayed
clinical diagnosis, poor prognosis, and expensive therapeutic approaches. Prognostic …

Background We aimed to investigate the impact of lymph node ratio (LNR, number of
positive nodes/total number of excised nodes) on regional-only-failure, distant-only-failure …

Background We compared the predictive ability of our proposed N classification with that of
the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) nodal (N) classification for oral cavity …

Background We aimed to validate the lymph node ratio (LNR) as an independent prognostic
factor in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and compare its utility with the current nodal …

Objective The depth of invasion (DOI) is considered an independent risk factor for occult
lymph node metastasis in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). It is used to decide …