Carlos Khalil, Mark Khoury, Kevin Higgins, Danny Enepekides, Irene Karam, Zain Ali Husain, Andrew Bayley, Ian Poon, Tra Truong, Kelvin K W Chan, Martin Smoragiewicz, Rui Fu, Antoine Eskander
BACKGROUND: Lymph node metastases are associated with poor prognosis in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). In other cancers, clinical guidelines on the number of lymph nodes removed during primary surgery, lymph node yield (LNY), exist. Here, we evaluated the prognostic capacity of LNY on regional failure, locoregional recurrence, and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with OCSCC treated by primary neck surgery. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study took place at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada and involved a chart review of all adult patients with treatment-naive OCSCC undergoing primary neck dissection...
February 12, 2024: Head & Neck