Perineural invasion in T1 oral squamous cell carcinoma indicates the need for aggressive elective neck dissection

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1164-1172

  Tai, Shyh Kuan ^a,b   Li, Wing Yin ^b   Yang, Muh Hwa ^a,b   Chu, Pen Yuan ^a   Wang, Yi Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

lymphovascular invasion; neck dissection; oral squamous cell carcinoma; perineural invasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAINING AND LABELING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880569667     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318285f684     Document Type: Article

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