Frozen Section Analysis of Sentinel Nodes in Patients With Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Frozen section (FS) analysis of sentinel nodes offers potential on-table diagnosis and treatment for occult metastasis in oral squamous cell cancer. Systematic analysis of FS during sentinel node biopsy has not been illuminated in the literature.

Objective

To systematically review pooled data from studies using FS analysis in evaluating sentinel nodes in patients with cT1-T2 N0 oral squamous cell cancer.

Data sources

An academic librarian led the search of CENTRAL, CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Embase, and MEDLINE for studies published in English between January 2000 and January 2023.

Study selection

Two authors independently screened cohort studies, case series, and randomized clinical trials, in which FS analysis was used to eval

SUBMITTER: Abukhder M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581637 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature