The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of and risk factors for contralateral cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) from squamous cell carcinoma arising in the mobile part of the tongue. Retrospective reviews of the tumor patient registry between 1985 and 1999 revealed 84 patients with newly diagnosed carcinoma of the mobile part of the tongue that had been controlled by initial treatment.
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