A Proposal to Redefine Close Surgical Margins in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Tongue Article Swipe

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Daniella K. Zanoni , Jocelyn Migliacci , Bin Xu , Nora Katabi , Pablo H. Montero , Ian Ganly , Jatin P. Shah , Richard J. Wong , Ronald Ghossein , Snehal G. Patel ·

YOU? · · 2017 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2016.4238 · OA: W2591852189

In this study, local recurrence-free survival was significantly affected only with surgical margins of less than or equal to 2.2 mm in patients with SCCOT. This new definition of close margins stratifies the risk for local recurrence better than the arbitrary 5.0-mm cutoff that has been used.