Head and neck tumors belong among the six leading causes of cancer death worldwide.
The predominant type of head and neck tumors consists of squamous cell carcinomas …

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 …

Importance The current American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for oral
cancer demonstrates wide prognostic variability within each primary tumor stage and …

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 …

Purpose: To evaluate diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, as
compared with turbo spin-echo MR imaging, for the detection of nodal metastases in head …

Objectives The primary aim of this study is to compare the effect of using tumor thickness
versus depth of invasion (DOI) to determine the 8th edition AJCC T-category on survival in a …

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 …

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 …

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) …

Despite our improved understanding of cancer, the 5-year survival rate for head and neck
squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) patients remains relatively unchanged at 50% for the …