title: Is an Elective Neck Dissection Necessary for All Cases of N0 Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma? -Elective Neck Dissection may be Performed for Tongue Cancer with Tumor Thickness More than 4 mm.
abstract: We investigated whether neck dissection should be performed to prevent T1-2N0M0 tongue cancer by using the Weiss and colleague's decision tree method. The results showed that preventive neck dissection should not be recommended for T1-2N0M0 tongue cancer. However, preventive neck dissection is a suitable approach when treating tongue cancer tumors with a thickness of ≥ 4 mm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan. ootsuru@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Mitsunobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otsuru
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Yoshihide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Denda
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.forename: Riyo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sekine
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Ryuta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*