Tumor budding is an independent prognostic marker in early stage oral squamous cell carcinoma: With special reference to the mode of invasion and worst pattern of invasion.

Pathologically proven regional lymph node metastasis affects the prognosis in early stage oral cancer. Therefore we investigated invasive tumor patterns predicting nodal involvement and survival in patients with clinically node-negative T1 and T2 oral squamous cell carcinoma (cT1,2N0M0 OSCC). Ninety...

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Main Authors: Shota Shimizu, Akihiro Miyazaki, Tomoko Sonoda, Kazushige Koike, Kazuhiro Ogi, Jun-Ichi Kobayashi, Takeshi Kaneko, Tomohiro Igarashi, Megumi Ueda, Hironari Dehari, Akira Miyakawa, Tadashi Hasegawa, Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5909609?pdf=render