title: Clinicopathologic parameters related to recurrence and locoregional metastasis in 180 oral squamous cell carcinomas.
abstract: Lymph node metastasis (LNm), local recurrence (LR), and second primary tumor (SPT) after primary surgery for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) have been considered poor prognostic entities in terms of survival rate. The purpose of this study was to identify the clinicopathologic parameters significantly related to LNm, LR, and SPT. Records from 180 patients who underwent radical surgery for OSCC were retrospectively reviewed. Perineural invasion was significantly related to LNm (18% vs 8%) and LR (15% vs 5%), while the status of the surgical margin (10% in case of clear margins, 18% close margins, and 24% involved margins), namely epithelial precursor lesions (43%) was an independent factor influencing SPT. Perineural invasion proved a good prognostic factor for early events, either LNm or LR, while a surgical margin width less than 5 mm or with epithelial precursor lesions may be considered a risk factor for late events such as SPT.
authors: 1University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors: Lucio
authors: L
authors: Montebugnoli
authors: Davide Bartolomeo
authors: DB
authors: Gissi
authors: Federica
authors: F
authors: Flamminio
authors: Luciano
authors: L
authors: Gentile
authors: Vittorio
authors: V
authors: Dallera
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: Leonardi
authors: Tommaso
authors: T
authors: Beccarini
authors: Maria Pia
authors: MP
authors: Foschini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: local recurrence; oral carcinoma; perineural invasion; second primary tumor; surgical margins