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Elective Neck Dissection or Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancer Patients: The Dutch Experience.
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- Predictive factors for false negatives following sentinel lymph node biopsy in early oral cavity cancer.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Comparison of Morbidity Between Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Elective Neck Dissection in Dogs With Head and Neck Malignancies.Veterinary and comparative oncology · 2026Article
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Early-Stage Oral Cavity Cancer: Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy and False-Negative Cases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Lymph Node Metastasis in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Evolving Prognostic Markers, Molecular Insights, and Implications for Precision Staging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Technetium-99m-marked sentinel lymph node biopsy for oral squamous cell carcinoma as a safe and effective procedure for patient and staff.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
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- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Versus Elective Neck Dissection in Carcinoma of the Tongue and Floor of the Mouth.Cancers · 2025Article
- Micrometastasis and Isolated Tumor Cells in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Refining Nodal Staging with Emerging Technologies.Head and neck pathology · 2025Review
- [18F]FDG PET/CT to reduce the need for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage oral cancer: PETN0-study protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Long-term oncologic outcomes and prognostic factors related to recurrences in pathologic Stage I/II early oral tongue cancer.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
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- Sentinel Lymph Node Detection in Early-Stage Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Magnetic Resonance Lymphography: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Infrared Fluorescence-guided Surgery for Tumor and Metastatic Lymph Node Detection in Head and Neck Cancer.Radiology. Imaging cancer · 2024Review
- Lymphatic drainage of sinonasal malignancies and the role of sentinel node biopsies.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2024Article
- Performance of a Nonlinear Magnetic Handheld Probe for Intraoperative Sentinel Lymph Node Detection: A Phantom Study.Annals of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- Nodal frozen section + elective neck dissection as an alternative to sentinel lymph node biopsy for the management of cT1-2N0 oral squamous cell carcinoma patients: a viability and accuracy study.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Sentinel node-assisted neck dissection in advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma-A new protocol for staging and treatment.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- A SPECT/NIR Fluorescence Dual-Modality Imaging Agent Composed of Drugs and Hospital Available Isotope for Preoperative Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping and Intraoperative Biopsy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2023Article
- The role of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients' preoperative staging.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping and Biopsy in Cats with Solid Malignancies: An Explorative Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been introduced as a diagnostic staging modality for detection of occult metastases in patients with early stage oral cancer. Comparisons regarding accuracy to the routinely used elective neck dissection (END) are lacking in literature.
methodsA retrospective, multicenter cohort study included 390 patients staged by END and 488 by SLNB.
resultsThe overall sensitivity (84% vs. 81%,
conclusionIn the absence of randomized clinical trials, this study provides the highest available evidence that, in oral cancer, SLNB is as accurate as END in detecting occult lymph node metastases, except for floor-of-mouth tumours.
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