Intraoperative Margin Assessment Methods in Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Specimen-based frozen margin analysis in OCSCC results in lower false negative rates and improved local control; however, there is no significant difference in overall recurrence or survival when comparing specimen-based vs tumor bed-based techniques.
Authors
- Nora L. Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4452-7192)
- Michael I. Orestes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8477-975X)
- Samuel L. Garrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-8417)
- David Millay
- Dominique Zarrella
- J. Joseph Caraway
- Ha Eun Kim
- Taylor Wrozek
- Michael Zamani
- Christopher Heckman
- Alex Yang
Institutions
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2026-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.70136
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00