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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Evaluation of Depth of Invasion and Tumor Thickness as a Prognostic Factor for Early-Stage Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study.

You-Jung Lee, Tae-Geon Kwon, Jin-Wook Kim, Sung-Tak Lee, Su-Hyung Hong, So-Young Choi

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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You-Jung LeeDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2175, Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu 41940, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4465-6146
Tae-Geon KwonDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2175, Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu 41940, Korea.
Jin-Wook KimDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2175, Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu 41940, Korea.
Sung-Tak LeeDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2175, Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu 41940, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6651-8046
Su-Hyung HongDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2175, Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu 41940, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5569-3826
So-Young ChoiDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, 2175, Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu 41940, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2563-3539

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the effect of using depth of invasion (DOI) versus tumor thickness (TT) as a prognostic factor for early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). A total of 57 patients with early-stage OSCC treated surgically from 2009 to 2014 at our institution were reviewed retrospectively. Histopathological measurement of DOI and TT was performed. The validation of DOI and TT as prognostic factors was conducted using a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. TT had no association with disease-specific survival (DSS) or progression-free survival (PFS) in this cohort; however, increased DOI was significantly associated with decreased DSS but not correlated to decreased PFS. The T category of the 7th edition of AJCC was statistically associated with both DSS and PFS; however, the T category of the 8th edition of the AJCC was only associated with DSS. In this study group, TT could not be used as a prognostic factor, and DOI was not by itself sufficient to predict prognosis for early-stage OSCC. The T category in AJCC 8th Edition cannot be considered the sole prognostic factor for early OSCC, so additional prognostic factors may need to be considered.

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depth of invasion (DOI)disease-specific survival (DSS)early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)progression-free survival (PFS)T categorytumor thickness (TT)

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PMID35054187
PMCPMC8774458

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