Impact of Close and Positive Margins in Transoral Laser Microsurgery for Tis–T2 Glottic Cancer

Impact of Close and Positive Margins in Transoral Laser Microsurgery for Tis–T2 Glottic Cancer

IntroductionTransoral laser microsurgery (TLM) represents one of the most effective treatment strategies for Tis–T2 glottic squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). The prognostic influence of close/positive margins is still debated, and the role of narrow band imaging (NBI) in their intraoperative definitio...

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Main Authors: Ivana Fiz, Francesco Mazzola, Francesco Fiz, Filippo Marchi, Marta Filauro, Alberto Paderno, Giampiero Parrinello, Cesare Piazza, Giorgio Peretti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
laryngeal cancer
early glottic cancer
transoral laser microsurgery
CO2 laser
surgical margins
endoscopy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2017.00245/full

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