title: A prospective study of surgical margin status in oral squamous cell carcinoma: a preliminary report.
abstract: A protocol was created for prospective margin status evaluation of patients with Oral SCC. Margins are evaluated intra- and post-operatively during three stages. Patients were divided into three groups: group 1 in which one margins were sampled randomly, group 2 with frozen sections taken from the surgical bed and 3 in which they were taken from the tumor specimen itself. Patients in group 3 showed the best correlation with final margin status and survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yahalom
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobriyan
authors.forename: Marilena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vered
authors.forename: Yoav P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Talmi
authors.forename: Shlomo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teicher
authors.forename: Lev
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bedrin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult