Close Surgical Margins in Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer: Do They Impact Prognosis?

Close Surgical Margins in Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer: Do They Impact Prognosis?

Introduction. Mucosal margins exhibit a mean shrinkage of 30–40% after resection of oral and oropharyngeal cancers, and an adequate in situ surgical margin frequently results in a pathological close margin. However, the impact on prognosis remains unclear. We investigated the impact of a pathologica...

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Main Authors: Dong-Hyun Lee, Geun-Jeon Kim, Hyun-Bum Kim, Hyun-Il Shin, Choung-Soo Kim, Inn-Chul Nam, Jung-Hae Cho, Young-Hoon Joo, Kwang-Jae Cho, Dong-Il Sun, Young-Hak Park, Jun-Ook Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma
oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
main specimen margins
close margins
survival
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/12/2990

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