Abstract
The staging significance of bone invasion is controversial in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cases with tumors measuring 4cm or less according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). Our aim was to retrospectively examine a large group of patients with OSCC to determine the staging significance of bone invasion. Three hundred and twenty-three patients with primary OSCC were classified based on tumor size. Bone invasion was categorized as absent, one side bone, and both buccal and lingual bones, and analyzed for association with disease progression. Regional lymph node metastasis (N), perineural invasion, vascular invasion, surgical margin involvement, and adjuvant treatment were also analyzed. In all OSCC cases, bone invasion (p=0.007) with stage N, perineural invasion, and surgical margin involvement were significant independent prognostic factors of disease progression. However, in OSCC cases with tumors measuring 4cm or less, bone invasion was not significantly associated with disease progression. Nevertheless, invasion of both buccal and lingual bones was significantly associated with disease progression (p=0.03). In multivariate analysis, both buccal and lingual bone invasion (p=0.04; hazard ratio=3.4; 95% c...Continue Reading
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