Sentinel lymph node biopsy provides better regional control than observation in early stage maxillary squamous cell carcinoma
SLNB demonstrated superior RC compared to observation in patients diagnosed with cT1/2N0 maxillary SCC. These results support reconsidering SLNB as a standard approach among those with tumors exceeding 2.0 cm in size or a depth of invasion surpassing 4.0 mm.
Authors
- Junhui Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3312-8599)
- Yannan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7248-4954)
- Fei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5374-5944)
- Xu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3662-7759)
- Wei Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8271-6704)
- Jing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2781-7753)
- Zhi Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-1104)
Institutions
- Henan Cancer Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1623502
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00