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....

Sentinel node biopsy in oral cancer

11 February 2014 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Cost analysis, Lymphatic metastasis, Oral squamous cell carcinoma, Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Sentinel node biopsy (SLNB) is not new and is well established in the management of early breast cancer and melanoma. New trials such as the European Sentinel Node (SENT) trial and others sought to address the question of the clinical...