Prognostic Value of Primary Total Glossectomy in Tongue Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survival Outcomes.

M P Sreeram, Prajwal Dange, Karthik N Rao, Luiz P Kowalski, Remco de Bree, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Alfio Ferlito

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mechanistic insights into 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid-induced apoptosis in SCC-9 cells revealed by TMT proteomics and network pharmacology.Scientific reports · 2026
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The tongue may not move, but the voice will: preoperative AI voice cloning for identity preservation in major glossectomy - a prospective feasibility study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026
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M P SreeramDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bangalore 560004, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4050-9106

Prajwal DangeDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bangalore 560004, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1952-4061

Karthik N RaoDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bangalore 560004, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1420-7366

Luiz P KowalskiHead and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Department, A. C. Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo 01509-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0481-156X

Remco de BreeDepartment of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7128-5814

Orlando Guntinas-LichiusDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, 07740 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9671-0784

Alfio FerlitoCoordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, 35100 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8247-8002

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advanced oral cavity cancercompartment tongue surgeryincidence meta-analysismorbidityoncological outcomesoverall survivalsurvival outcomestotal glossectomy

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PMID41300872

DOI10.3390/diagnostics15222847

PMCPMC12651312

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