Dysplasia at the margin? Investigating the case for subsequent therapy in ‘Low-Risk’ squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue
Sopka DM, Li T, Lango MN, Mehra R, Liu JC, Burtness B, Flieder DB, Ridge JA, Galloway TJ. Dysplasia at the margin? Investigating the case for subsequent therapy in ‘Low-Risk’ squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue. Oral Oncology 2013, 49: 1083-1087. PMID: 24054332, PMCID: PMC4037753, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-free survivalFox Chase Cancer CenterModerate dysplasiaOverall survivalLocal controlOral tongueSevere dysplasiaMild dysplasiaActuarial local controlInferior local controlKaplan-Meier methodOral tongue cancerWorse local controlSquamous cell carcinomaEarly-stage cancerAdditional therapyMeier methodResection marginsSubsequent therapyEntire cohortTongue cancerCancer CenterCell carcinomaPathology reportsFinal margins