A prediction model of nodal metastasis in cN0 oral squamous cell carcinoma using metabolic and pathological variables.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The efficacy of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography(PET/CT) in evaluating the neck status in clinically node-negative (cN0) oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC) patients was still unsatisfying. We tried to develop a prediction model for nodal metastasis in cN0 OSCC patients by using metabolic and pathological variables.

Methods

Consecutive cN0 OSCC patients with preoperative ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT, subsequent surgical resection of primary tumor and neck dissection were included. Ninety-five patients who underwent PET/CT scanning in Shanghai ninth people's hospital were identified as training cohort, and another 46 patients who imaged in Shanghai Universal Medical Imaging Diagnostic Center were se

SUBMITTER: Xu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10074690 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature