Lingual Lymph Node Metastasis in cT1-2N0 Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Is It an Indicator for Elective Neck Dissection.

Wenli Yang, Minglei Sun, Qiaoyan Jie, Haixia Zhou, Peng Zhang, Juanfang Zhu

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

A SEER-based prognostic nomogram for early-stage (pT1-2N0M0) tongue squamous cell carcinoma and an observational analysis of postoperative radiotherapy.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025
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Prognostic impact of lingual lymph node metastasis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2021
Article
Pretreatment Blood Markers in the Prediction of Occult Neck Metastasis: A 10-Year Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2021
Article
Lingual Lymph Node Metastases as a Prognostic Factor in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma-A Retrospective Multicenter Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021
Article
From Bench to Bedside in Tongue Muscle Cancer Invasion and Back again: Gross Anatomy, Microanatomy, Surgical Treatments and Basic Research.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenli YangDepartment of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

Minglei SunDepartment of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

Qiaoyan JieDepartment of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

Haixia ZhouDepartment of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

Peng ZhangDepartment of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

Juanfang ZhuDepartment of Stomatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CN

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Abstract

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early stage tongue squamous cell carcinomaelective neck dissectionlingual lymph nodeoccult metastasissquamous cell carcinoma

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PMID32318349

DOI10.3389/fonc.2020.00471

PMCPMC7154091

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