More than half of patients with oral cancer recur even after multimodality treatment and
recurrent oral cancers carry a poorer prognosis when compared to other sites of head and …

Oral tongue and floor of mouth cancer needs to be classified according to a revised TNM
staging system in which 'depth of infiltration'should be taken into account. An 'ideal cut off'for …

Background Surgery of tongue tumors includes different procedures ranging from mucosal
resection to complex combined resection. Numerous terms have been used to describe …

Survival rates of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remained substantially unchanged
over the last decades; thus, additional prognostic tools are strongly needed. Salivary …

Objectives To investigate the role of lingual lymph node (LLN) metastasis on locoregional
control (LRC) in patients with locally advanced tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) …

Objectives Oral tongue carcinomas represent more than half of the tumors arising in the oral
cavity, a site with a high cancer specific mortality and impact on quality of life. Current …

Objective The prognostic role of age among patients affected by Oral Tongue Squamous
Cell Carcinoma (OTSCC) is a topic of debate. Recent cohort studies have found that patients …

Objective The first-line therapeutic approach for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma
(OCSCC) is complete surgical resection. Preoperative assessment of depth of invasion …

Background Oral tongue/floor of mouth squamous cell carcinoma (OTFMSCC) with a depth
of invasion (DOI)> 10 mm involves extrinsic muscles and lingual neurovascular/lymphatic …

Background: Preoperative assessment is critical to decide the most adequate surgical
strategy for oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Magnetic resonance (MR) and intraoral …