Open AccessThe predictive value of cervical lymph node metastasis through sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with oral cancer: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Ren Lin,
Junjie Yan,
Weidong Liu,
Tonghai Fan,
Liujun Tang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.200751
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , diagnostic odds ratio , funnel plot , meta analysis , confidence interval , odds ratio , cervical cancer , metastasis , oncology , biopsy , publication bias , lymph node , radiology , cancer , breast cancer
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the predictive value of cervical lymph node metastasis through sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with oral cancer.