Head & neck
When Should Elective Neck Dissection Be Considered for Early-Stage Oral Cavity Tumors? Insights From a Multicenter Study of 1109 Patients and Development of a Multiparametric Predictive Model.
Luca Calabrese, Monir Abousiam, Marta Tagliabue, Marco Ferrari, Rita De Berardinis, Gerardo Petruzzi, Francesco Mazzola, Alberto Grammatica, Davide Mattavelli, Remo Accorona, Alberto Vito Marcuzzo, Pierre Guarino, Francesco Mattioli, Alessia Rubini, Matteo Fermi
Published: 202510.1002/hed.70064
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nodal metastases significantly affect prognosis in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). In early-stage OCSCC (cT1-T2 cN0), management of the clinically negative neck (cN0) remains controversial. Depth of invasion (DOI) is a key de…
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