Open AccessWorst pattern of invasion – type 4 (WPOI-4) and Lymphocyte host response should be mandatory reporting criteria for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: A re-look at the American Joint Committee of Cancer (AJCC) minimum dataset
Author(s) -
Deval Parekh,
Prachi Kukreja,
Indranil Mallick,
Paromita Roy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_662_19
Subject(s) - perineural invasion , lymphovascular invasion , medicine , cancer , tumor budding , t stage , stage (stratigraphy) , univariate analysis , hazard ratio , oncology , surgical margin , multivariate analysis , pathology , biology , metastasis , lymph node metastasis , confidence interval , paleontology
A proportion of early-stage node-negative oral squamous carcinoma patients fail despite complete surgical resection. Adjuvant treatment in early oral cancer is controversial and is often individualized based on stage, depth, and margin status.