Frozen Section Analysis of Sentinel Nodes in Patients With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
In this systematic review and meta-analysis, evaluated studies showed various techniques, in which pooled sensitivity reached 0.71, providing a benchmark for comparison to other 1-stop approaches. Due to the high false-negative rate of approximately one-third of patients, intraoperative FS must always be supplemented by serial sectioning. On-table diagnosis remains a key objective for sentinel node biopsy, and FS detection may be improved by standardizing protocols.
Authors
- Clare Schilling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-1270)
- Selvam Thavaraj
- Mark McGurk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2822-639X)
- Axel Sahovaler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5969-0208)
- Panagiotis Vrakas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-928X)
- Munir Abukhder
Institutions
- University College Hospital (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- IMU University (MY)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Published
- 2024-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2024.3094
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16