The Prognostic Importance of Midline Involvement in Oral Tongue Cancer
Lloyd S, Yu JB, Wilson LD, Judson BL, Decker RH. The Prognostic Importance of Midline Involvement in Oral Tongue Cancer. American Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 35: 468-473. PMID: 21701377, PMCID: PMC3755371, DOI: 10.1097/coc.0b013e3182195619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContralateral lymph node metastasisLymph node metastasisOral tongue squamous cell carcinomaTongue squamous cell carcinomaT2-3 diseaseSquamous cell carcinomaNode metastasisClinicopathologic factorsCell carcinomaMidline involvementEnd Results (SEER) dataLymph node statusOral tongue cancerDifferent prognostic classesLateral tumorsT4 tumorsT1 tumorsT3 tumorsT4 lesionsHistologic subtypeT3 lesionsNode statusPrognostic importanceT classificationTongue cancer