A validated predictive model for risk of nodal metastasis in node negative oral squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa and tongue.

Thomas George Kallarakkal Bogahawatte Samarakoon Mudiyanselage Samadarani Siriwardena Ariyapala Samaranayaka Rohana De Silva Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne

Published in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2022)

The model based on established clinicopathological variables has been internally validated on a large cohort of patients and offers practicability for use in OSCCs of the tongue and buccal mucosa.

Keyphrases

lymph node
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
squamous cell carcinoma
patient reported outcomes