Biopsy of the sentinel lymph node in oral squamous cell carcinoma: analysis of error in 100 consecutive cases

UK national guidelines in 2016 recommended that sentinel lymph node biopsy should be offered to patients with early oral cancer (T1-T2 N0) in which the primary site can be reconstructed directly. This study describes the pitfalls that can be avoided in the technique of biopsy to improve outcomes. We...

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Main Authors:	Gnanasegaran, G. (Author), Holden, A.M (Author), McGurk, M. (Author), Odell, E.W (Author), Sassoon, I. (Author), Schilling, C. (Author), Sharma, D. (Author)
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Churchill Livingstone 2018
Subjects:	adult Adult adverse event Article cancer recurrence cancer staging Carcinoma, Squamous Cell clinical protocol Clinical Protocols diagnostic imaging disease free survival disease specific survival false negative result female Female hematoma histopathology human human tissue Humans lymph node metastasis lymphatic drainage Lymphatic Metastasis lymphoscintigraphy major clinical study male Male measurement error medical error Medical Errors micrometastasis Mouth Neoplasms mouth squamous cell carcinoma mouth tumor neck dissection Neck Dissection neck metastasis Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Neoplasm Staging oral cancer oral oncology oral squamous cell carcinoma pathology postoperative complication Postoperative Complications Retrospective Studies retrospective study sentinel lymph node biopsy Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy single photon emission computed tomography squamous cell carcinoma statistics and numerical data Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Tomography, X-Ray Computed tumor recurrence United Kingdom wound infection x-ray computed tomography
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