Lymph node ratio as prognostic variable in oral squamous cell carcinomas: systematic review and meta-analysis

TH Huang, KY Li, WS Choi - Oral oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Lymph node ratio (LNR) has been shown to be an independent prognostic factor for oral
squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in various centre-based studies recently. A range of cut …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node ratio as a predictor for outcome in oral squamous cell carcinoma: a multicenter population-based cohort study

S Spoerl, M Gerken, A Mamilos, R Fischer… - Clinical oral …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives Recently, multiple studies addressed the importance of lymph node ratio (LNR) in
specifying patients' risk of disease recurrence in various malignancies. The present study …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node density in oral cavity cancer: results of the International Consortium for Outcomes Research

SG Patel, M Amit, TC Yen, CT Liao, P Chaturvedi… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Lymph node density (LND) has previously been reported to reliably predict
recurrence risk and survival in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This …

Lymph node ratio as a valuable additional predictor of outcome in selected patients with oral cavity cancer

J Künzel, K Mantsopoulos, G Psychogios… - Oral surgery, oral …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the utility of lymph node ratio (LNR) as a potential
prognostic predictor in selected patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Study …

The prognostic significance of the lymph node ratio in oral cancer differs for anatomical subsites

J Moratin, K Metzger, K Kansy, O Ristow… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to validate the prognostic significance of the lymph node ratio
(LNR) in patients suffering from oral squamous cell carcinoma in regard to different …

Can metastatic lymph node ratio (LNR) predict survival in oral cavity cancer patients?

SI Sayed, S Sharma, P Rane… - Journal of surgical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the prognostic role of the lymph node ratio (LNR; ratio of total
positive nodes to total dissected nodes) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) as …

Risk stratification of oral cancer patients using a combined prognostic factor including lymph node density and biomarker

KY Kim, IH Cha - Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2012 - Springer
Purpose In this study, we aimed to validate the lymph node density (LND) as an
independent prognostic factor of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and identify a …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node ratio is associated with adverse clinicopathological features and is a crucial nodal parameter for oral and oropharyngeal cancer

Z Feng, QS Xu, C Wang, JZ Li, MH Mao, H Li, LZ Qin… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The lymph node ratio (LNR) has been described as a novel predictor of the survival of
patients with oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (O/OPSCC). The purpose of …

Prognostic value of lymph node density in node-positive patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

SY Kim, SY Nam, SH Choi, KJ Cho, JL Roh - Annals of surgical oncology, 2011 - Springer
Background Lymph node density (LND) is superior to TNM nodal status in predicting
survival after surgery for bladder and other cancers. Little is known, however, about whether …

Lymph node ratio as an independent prognostic factor in oral squamous cell carcinoma

A Ebrahimi, JR Clark, WJ Zhang, MS Elliott… - Head & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
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 …