Predictive factors for false negatives following sentinel lymph node biopsy in early oral cavity cancer

Abstract Prophylactic elective neck dissection (ND) with navigation surgery using radioisotope-based sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is non-inferior to elective ND in terms of survival but has an advantage in postoperative functional disability. We conducted a subgroup analysis to identify predict...

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Main Authors: Kouki Miura, Daisuke Kawakita, Isao Oze, Motoyuki Suzuki, Masashi Sugasawa, Kazuhira Endo, Tomohiro Sakashita, Shinichi Ohba, Mikio Suzuki, Akihiro Shiotani, Naoyuki Kohno, Takashi Maruo, Chiaki Suzuki, Takehiro Iki, Nao Hiwatashi, Fumihiko Matsumoto, Kenya Kobayashi, Minoru Toyoda, Kenji Hanyu, Yusuke Koide, Yoshiko Murakami, Yasuhisa Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10594-1