Nodal Disease and Survival in Oral Cancer: Is Occult Metastasis a Burden Factor Compared to Preoperatively Nodal Positive Neck?
The impact of neck involvement and occult metastasis (OM) in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) favors an elective neck dissection. However, there are barely any existing data on survival for patients with OM compared with patients with positive lymph nodes detected preoperatively. Th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-08-01
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| Series: | Cancers |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/17/4241 |