Clinicostatistical investigation on the cervical lymph node metastasis of oral malignant tumor.

Takada, Kazuaki; Endo, Kunihiko; Nakamura, Kojiro; Sakamoto, Tomoji; Moroyama, Takamasa; Yoshiga, Koji

doi:10.5794/jjoms.34.872

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“…Post-operative development of cervical lymph node metastases reportedly occurs within 1 year after first surgery in 77-91% of all patients with oral cancer. [21][22][23][24][25][26] Therefore, our duration of follow-up was long enough to evaluate the occurrence of subsequent cervical lymph node metastases.…”

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Vascularity as assessed by Doppler intraoral ultrasound around the invasion front of tongue cancer is a predictor of pathological grade of malignancy and cervical lymph node metastasis

Yamamoto¹,

Yuasa²,

Okamura³

et al. 2016

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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Objectives: To quantitatively evaluate the relationship of vascularity of tongue cancer as demonstrated on intraoral ultrasonography images and tumour thickness with pathological grade of malignancy and the presence of cervical lymph node metastases. Methods: 18 patients with tongue cancer were enrolled in this retrospective study. Using Doppler ultrasonography images of the invasion front of the cancers along the length of their tumour boundaries, three vascular indexes were analysed quantitatively, namely ratio of blood flow signal area within the cancer to whole tumour area (BAR), blood flow signal number ratio (BNR) and blood flow signal width ratio (BWR). The associations between these three indexes and occurrence of cervical lymph node metastasis and pathological grade of malignancy [Yamamoto-Kohama (YK) classification] were assessed. Furthermore, the relationship between tumour thickness and occurrence of cervical lymph node metastasis was evaluated on B-mode intraoral ultrasonography images. Results: There was no significant association between BAR and tumour thickness or occurrence of cervical lymph node metastasis. The BNRs and BWRs of patients with cervical lymph node metastasis were significantly higher than those of patients without nodal involvement. The BWRs of patients with high-grade malignancy (YK-4C) were significantly higher than those of patients with low-grade malignancy (YK-2 or 3). Conclusions: BNR and BWR on the invasion front of the tongue cancer are predictors of pathological grade of malignancy and cervical lymph node metastasis. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (2016Radiology ( ) 45, 20150372. doi: 10.1259 Cite this article as: Yamamoto C, Yuasa K, Okamura K, Shiraishi T, Miwa K. Vascularity as assessed by Doppler intraoral ultrasound around the invasion front of tongue cancer is a predictor of pathological grade of malignancy and cervical lymph node metastasis. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2016; 45: 20150372.

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