Journal Reviews

Risk factors for loco regional recurrence for oral SCC

1 April 2018 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Locoregional recurrence, Multivariate analysis, Oral squamous cell carcinoma, Risk factors

Over a quarter of a million cases of oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) are diagnosed annually worldwide with 128,000 registered deaths. In spite of much-improved anaesthetic and surgical techniques, survival rates have not improved much over the past three decades....

Lymph node ratio – another predictor of outcomes in tongue SCC

1 August 2017 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Lymph node ratio, Oral cancer, Multivariate analysis, Prognosis, Surgical therapy

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an increasing disease with over 263,000 diagnosed new cases and 128,000 deaths annually worldwide. Although there have been significant advances in diagnostics, surgery and anaesthetics there has been no increase in the survival rates...