Margin distance in oral tongue cancer surgery : A systematic review of survival and recurrence outcomes

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The status of resection margins is a proxy for the completeness of resection in oral tongue cancer surgery and is therefore a useful predictor for post-operative prognosis. Historically, a margin distance of 5 mm or greater has been deemed a negative margin and is believed to yield a benefit in terms of control and survival. To summarize the literature more completely on this topic, we conducted a systematic review that examines radial margin distance and its relationship to disease control and survival in oral tongue cancer. Our review includes 34 studies which reported survival and/or recurrence outcomes for oral tongue cancer patients based on margin status. Most studies reported outcomes for the 5 mm margin, while the minority utilized other margin cutoffs. For the 5 mm cutoff, outcomes were generally favorable regarding survival and recurrence outcomes. Nonetheless, studies using 4 mm, 3.3 mm, and 10 mm cutoffs also found favorable survival and recurrence outcomes; however, these are a minority of the included studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:147

Enthalten in:

Oral oncology - 147(2023) vom: 07. Dez., Seite 106609

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Spence, Ryland N [VerfasserIn]
Efthymiou, Vasileios [VerfasserIn]
Goss, Deborah [VerfasserIn]
Varvares, Mark A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer
Journal Article
Margin
Oral tongue
Recurrence
Review
Squamous cell carcinoma
Survival
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 27.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.oraloncology.2023.106609

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364405570