Open AccessThe predictive value of depth of invasion and tumor size on risk of neck node metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity: A prospective study
Author(s) -
NareshKumar Jangir,
Akash Singh,
Pushpendra Kumar Jain,
Shruti Khemka
Publication year - 2022
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/jcrt.jcrt_783_20
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , oncology , stage (stratigraphy) , perineural invasion , t stage , primary tumor , radiology , pathology , cancer , biology , paleontology
Tumor depth is a reliable parameter to predict nodal metastasis in oral cancers; therefore, the authors embarked upon a prospective observational study to define the relationship between the tumor depth and the risk of cervical lymph node involvement as well to determine the optimal tumor depth cutoff point for nodal metastasis.