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ReviewCancers2024

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Pathological Features and What They Mean for Prognosis and Treatment.

Uma Ramesh, Elizabeth Chiang, Haleigh Stafford, Jane Buell, Frank Materia, Moran Amit, Dan Yaniv

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Prognostic determinants of overall, disease-specific and recurrence-free survival in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a single-centre retrospective cohort study.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 · 2026
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  3. Survival rates in head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with nodal metastases: a multicenter study.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 · 2026
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  4. Lymph node metastasis development in external ear squamous cell carcinoma follow-up: the role of T stage, tumor grade, and anatomical subsites.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 · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Uma RameshSchool of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-1231-3301
Elizabeth ChiangSchool of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3756-0154
Haleigh StaffordSchool of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jane BuellSchool of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Frank MateriaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8015-1743
Moran AmitDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Dan YanivDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with an incidence that has increased over the past 30 years. Although usually curable with excision, cSCC can become widely metastatic and aggressive with poor outcomes. Whereas the clinical and radiographic extent of any cancer will always guide selection of treatment modality, pathological features of cSCC also play an important role in determining prognosis and, subsequently, the need for further therapy. Therefore, reviewing and summarizing the current literature regarding pathological prognostic indicators of cSCC is essential to improving clinical outcomes. The present literature review yielded depth of invasion, surgical margins, perineural invasion, extranodal extension, lymphovascular invasion, tumor grade, tumor subtype, premalignant lesions, and molecular markers as key prognostic indicators, all with varying recommendations for adjuvant therapy. Notably, some of these factors have not been incorporated into either the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system (8th edition) or National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for cSCC. This review highlights a need for further research into these prognostic indicators and their role in determining the need for adjuvant treatment in head and neck cSCC.

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adjuvant treatmentcutaneous squamous cell carcinomaprognosisreview

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PMID39199636
PMCPMC11352224

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