Tumor budding is an optimal indictor of occult cervical metastasis in clinical early-stage buccal mucosa squamous cell carcinoma.

Zhi ZhengHuan-Xing YangYi-Hong FangJin WangShi-Wei FuQi-Ming Ouyang

Published in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2024)

The optimal predictor of occult CM and prognosis of early-stage BMSCC is TB, which may assist clinicians in identifying patients at high risk of cervical metastasis.

Keyphrases

early stage
squamous cell carcinoma
sentinel lymph node
mycobacterium tuberculosis
palliative care
locally advanced
rectal cancer