Margin to Depth of Invasion Ratio: A Significant Predictor of Survival in Patients With Oral Cancer.
Mahesh SultaniaItisha ChaudharyPriyansh JainHemanth GhaligeDipin RajanSudhakar GRaghuram KDillip Kumar MudulySandip BarikMona PathakAmit AdhyaMadhabananda KarSaroj Kumar Das MajumdarPublished in: JCO global oncology (2023)
MDR was the best predictor of recurrence of all the three ratios studied. The minimum safe surgical margin can be calculated by multiplying the depth of invasion by 0.5. This study signifies the role of dynamic resection margin criteria on the basis of MDR in defining clear margins.