Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common malignancies, 1 especially in
developing countries but also in the developed world. 2 Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is …

The concept of radioguided surgery, which was first developed some 60 years ago, involves
the use of a radiation detection probe system for the intraoperative detection of …

Purpose Optimum management of the N0 neck is unresolved in oral cancer. Sentinel node
biopsy (SNB) can reliably detect microscopic lymph node metastasis. The object of this study …

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO)“Blue Book” on the Pathology and
Genetics of Head and Neck Tumors is the ninth in a series of ten books devoted to the …

Purpose The validity of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for T1 or T2, clinically N0, oral
cancer was tested by correlation of sentinel node pathologic status with that of nodes within …

Background Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) may represent an alternative to elective neck
dissection for the staging of patients with early head and neck squamous cell carcinoma …

This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic reliability of sentinel lymph node biopsy in
patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, and …

Background Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has been proposed for staging of the cN0 neck in
early oral/oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). Because SNB is a minimally …

Oral cancer represents a common entity comprising a third of all head and neck malignant
tumors. The options for curative treatment of oral cavity cancer have not changed …

Metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) to the cervical lymph nodes has a
significant impact on prognosis. Accurate staging of the neck is important in order to deliver …