SynthesisHead & neck2022
Diagnostic test accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, larynx, and hypopharynx: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Head & neck, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05333523 (Personalized Elective Neck Irradiation Guided by Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx, Larynx or Hypopharynx With a Clinically Negative Neck), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Personalized Elective Neck Irradiation Guided by Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx, Larynx or Hypopharynx With a Clinically Negative Neck: (Chemo)Radiotherapy to the PRIMary Tumor Only. The PRIMO Study.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence-based guideline diagnosis, treatment, prevention and aftercare of oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinoma.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2025Guideline
- Pooled it
- [Neck dissection-more, less, targeted?]HNO · 2026Review
- SPECT/CT-based sentinel node procedure to guide unilateral elective nodal irradiation in patients with head and neck cancer: technical feasibility and sentinel node mapping outcomes.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- When Neck Dissection is Not Indicated in the Treatment of the Clinically Node-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Oncology and therapy · 2025Article
- Sentinel Node Biopsy in Laryngeal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Sentinel NOSE: Prospective feasibility study on sentinel lymph node biopsy in bulky nasal vestibule cancer.PloS one · 2025Article
- Intra-operative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in laryngeal carcinoma using radiotracer injection.Annals of nuclear medicine · 2024Article
- Article
- A pilot study of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction metastases detection on sentinel lymph nodes of oral cancer and literature review.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2024Review
- Personalized neck irradiation guided by sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx, larynx or hypopharynx with a clinically negative neck: (Chemo)radiotherapy to the PRIMary tumor only. Protocol of the PRIMO study.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2024Article
- Stathmin1 promotes lymph node metastasis in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma via regulation of HIF‑1α/VEGF‑A axis and MTA1 expression.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2023Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine the diagnostic test accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with oropharyngeal, laryngeal, and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). For this purpose, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science were searched from inception to March 8, 2022. Included were studies evaluating diagnostic test accuracy of SLNB to identify cervical lymph node metastases with elective neck dissection or follow-up as reference. A bivariate generalized linear mixed model approach was used for the meta-analysis. Nineteen studies were eligible, evaluating 377 cases in total. The pooled estimates of sensitivity and negative predictive value were 0.93 (95% CI: 0.86-0.96) and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.94-0.98), respectively. The excellent accuracy of SLNB justifies a place in the diagnostic workup of patients with larynx and pharynx SCC. Randomized trials are required to demonstrate oncologic safety and benefits on treatment related morbidity and quality of life when omitting elective neck treatment based on SLNB.
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