Depth of invasion on pathological outcomes in clinical low‐stage oral tongue cancer patients

• Published in: Oral diseases Vol. 24; no. 7; pp. 1198 - 1203
• Main Authors: Masood, Maheer M., Farquhar, Douglas R., Vanleer, Jessica P., Patel, Samip N., Hackman, Trevor G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Blood Vessels - pathology; Cancer; cancer and precancer; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Humans; Lymphatic Vessels - pathology; Male; Metastases; Middle Aged; Neck; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology; Neoplasm Staging; oncology; Oral cancer; Oral cavity; otorhinolaryngology; Prognosis; Regression analysis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue; Tongue Neoplasms - pathology; Tongue Neoplasms - surgery; Tumor Burden; cancer and precancer; oncology; otorhinolaryngology

Objectives Depth of invasion was added to the eighth edition American Joint Committee on Cancer guidelines for T staging of HPV‐negative oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Our aim was to determine the impact of depth of invasion on pathological variables and outcomes in low‐stage tongue cancer pat...