The incidence of occult cervical metastasis in oral cavity cancer, even in early stages, is
significant, necessitating elective treatment of the neck in a majority of cases. There is no …

In patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), surgical removal of cancerous tissue presents
the best overall survival rate. However, failure to obtain negative margins during resection …

Patients with pT1cN0 oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) are generally not treated with
a neck dissection (ND). However, in 25% of cN0 patients, nodal metastases become …

Objectives: To determine factors associated with disease‐free survival (DFS) and regional
control in clinically node‐negative head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) patients …

PURPOSE: To investigate the role of 18-fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography/computerized tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) in the preoperative prediction of …

PURPOSE: In head and neck cancer, the most important prognostic factor is the presence or
absence of neck metastasis. Although still debated in the published data regarding the “wait …

The presence of cervical lymph node metastases in head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma (HNSCC) is the strongest determinant of patient prognosis. Owing to the impact …

Abstract Purpose [64Cu] Cu-DOTA-AE105 urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor
(uPAR)-PET/CT is a novel and promising imaging modality for cancer visualization, although …

Nodal status is a significant predictor for survival of patients with oral squamous cell
carcinoma (SCC), sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, step sectioning of SLNs, and …

Objective To better detect occult cervical metastases. Design RNA from 153 cervical lymph
nodes was analyzed for the presence of squamous cell carcinoma using quantitative …