Use of Decision Analysis in Planning a Management Strategy for the Stage NO Neck

An unusual case of left internal mammary artery ostial disease: Clarifying role of intravascular ultrasound

“…Thus, our result suggests that the careful‐observation strategy involving strict intensive preoperative examination of the neck should be applied for oral cancer patients with no clinical nodal metastases. This suggestion is consistent with previous decision analyses of planning a management strategy for the N0 stage neck of oral cancer patients 16, 17…”

Predictors of nodal metastasis in salivary gland cancer

“…Although the number of cases in our study is small, some indications for management are suggested by the data. In head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, a survival benefit of elective neck dissection is suggested if the risk of occult metastasis is higher than 20% [8]. In our series, occult metastasis occurred in 16% of cases, which was comparable with results of previous studies [2,3].…”

Primary Tumour Characteristics Poorly Correlate with Extracapsular Spread and Cervical Sublevel IIb Metastasis in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Clinically N0 Neck

“…[ 25 26 27 ] An elective neck dissection is warranted when DOI is >4 mm and/or there are more than 20% chances of occult metastasis. [ 28 29 ] Similar results were noticed by O-Charoenrat et al .,[ 30 ] and DOI (>5 mm) was the only factor affecting occult nodal metastasis. DOI and ENE both impact survival in OSCC.…”