The association between referral by specialists in oral diagnosis on survival rates of patients with oral cancer: A retrospective cohort study.
Sebastião Silvério de Sousa NetoAllisson Filipe Lopes MartinsVictor Hugo Lopes de Oliveira MoreiraJoão Gabriel Batista PereiraNilceana Maya Aires FreitasMaria Paula CuradoClaudio Rodrigues LelesElismauro Francisco de MendonçaPublished in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2024)
Specialized oral diagnosis did not directly impact disease-free survival and overall survival and did not influence the indication of surgery in oral cancer; however, it was associated with the diagnosis of early tumors and better prognosis.