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ArticleJournal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP

Understanding the approach to interpretation and challenges in measurement of pathological depth of invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A cross-sectional survey of oral and maxillofacial pathologists in India.

Rachna Rath, T Smitha, Archana Bhatta, Saurabh R Nagar, Sudhasmruti Mishra, Gaurav Sharma

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Article in Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rachna RathDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
T SmithaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, VS Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Archana BhattaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Saurabh R NagarDepartment of Pathology, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sudhasmruti MishraDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Gaurav SharmaDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, SCB Govt. Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Sri Sri University · INGovt. Dental College & Hospital · INTata Memorial Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To understand the approach to interpretation along with challenges encountered in assessing pathological depth of invasion (pDOI) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) as per 8 Method and Materials: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted (May 2021-October 2021) with a pre-validated 21-item questionnaire. Responses were stored in a Microsoft Excel worksheet and analysed by descriptive statistics using SPSS v 25.0. Results: About 69.7% of the 267 respondents correctly defined pDOI while 13.1% measured the same from tumour surface. Among those not reporting pDOI, one-third of respondents (36.6%) lacked requisite awareness about 8 Conclusion: Underreporting of pDOI was observed owing to inherent challenges in measurement, thus ostensibly substituted with tumour thickness. Elaboration on reference points of adjacent normal mucosa is awaited.

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Depth of invasionoral and maxillofacial pathologistsoral squamous cell carcinomaTNM staging

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