Takahito Kondo, Kiyoaki Tsukahara, Daisuke Kawakita, Seiichi Yoshimoto, Kouki Miura, Masashi Sugasawa, Kazuaki Chikamatsu, Takashi Matsuzuka, Isao Oze, Morimasa Kitamura, Yoshiko Murakami, Shinji Otozai, Takeshi Shinozaki, Shinichi Ohba, Koji Araki, Takatsugu Mizumachi, Dai Sato, Naohiro Wakisaka, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Yasuhisa Hasegawa
BACKGROUND: A multicenter, randomized controlled phase III trial was conducted on sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and elective neck dissection for T1 (depth of invasion ≥ 4 mm)-T2N0M0 oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. This study identified factors associated with poor prognosis in patients who underwent SLNB based on a subgroup analysis of this trial. METHODS: We analyzed 418 sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) from 132 patients who underwent SLNB...
February 16, 2023: International Journal of Clinical Oncology