Clinicopathological parameters affecting nodal yields in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma receiving selective neck dissection
Safi AF, Kauke M, Grandoch A, Nickenig HJ, Drebber U, Zöller J, Kreppel M. Clinicopathological parameters affecting nodal yields in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma receiving selective neck dissection. Journal Of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery 2017, 45: 2092-2096. PMID: 29033003, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2017.08.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaNodal yieldSelective neck dissectionCell carcinomaNeck dissectionLymph nodesLocoregional recurrenceT classificationTreatment-naive oral squamous cell carcinomaCervical lymph node statusMean nodal yieldBilateral neck dissectionCervical lymph nodesLymph node statusRetrospective chart reviewMinimum lymphT4b classificationPerioperative deathsUnresectable diseaseNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapySynchronous malignanciesChart reviewClinicopathological factorsPerineural invasionThe importance of log odds of positive lymph nodes for locoregional recurrence in oral squamous cell carcinoma
Safi AF, Kauke M, Grandoch A, Nickenig HJ, Drebber U, Zöller J, Kreppel M. The importance of log odds of positive lymph nodes for locoregional recurrence in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology 2017, 72: 48-55. PMID: 28797461, DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive lymph nodesOral squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaLymph node ratioLocoregional recurrenceLymph nodesCell carcinomaTreatment-naive oral squamous cell carcinomaNode ratioLog oddsIndependent indicatorPathologic N classificationPathologic T classificationRetrospective chart reviewMultiple cancer sitesConventional nodalT4b classificationUnresectable diseaseExtracapsular spreadNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapyPerioperative deathsSynchronous malignanciesChart reviewNodal yieldN classification