Prognostic Implications of the Number of Lymph Node Metastases in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Population Study of the <scp>SEER</scp> Database and an Institutional Registry
The number of PLNs is a better predictor of overall tumor burden for OTSCC and could be a more accurate metric for survival estimation, which should be considered in future simplified pathological nodal staging for better risk stratification and decision-making in subsites of the oral cavity.
Authors
- Guangying Ruan
- Yan-Feng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5432-3396)
- Hui Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3941-4150)
- F. Ai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-0724)
- Hao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7191-5118)
- Shumin Zhou
- Zhiying Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2908-1446)
- Jie Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7817-0198)
- Yu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-2667)
- Wenjie Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3238-0573)
- Chao Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7726-5646)
- Shuqi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8074-3243)
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70493
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.74
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China