Practical aspects of sentinel node biopsy in oral cavity cancer: all nodes that emit a signal are important.
Elina PanulaJussi HirvonenTero VahlbergAleksi SchreyHeikki IrjalaPublished in: Acta oto-laryngologica (2021)
SNB has been confirmed to be safe and effective in early stage N0 OCC. However, it is important to carefully harvest up to four hottest SLNs that emit a signal. Treatment of patients with only isolated tumor cells (ITC) in the SLN appears to be necessary.