The purpose of the study is to assess the role of lymphoscintigraphy as a simple and widely accessible method with a favorable cost/benefit ratio in improving oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma staging and surgical appropriateness and implementing a tailored surgical approach to cervical lymph node dissection.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
University Hospital of Ferrara
Ferrara, Italy
RECRUITINGNumber of patients with atypical lymphatic drainage of oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma identified through lymphoscintigraphy
Time frame: 5 years
Number of metastasis or micrometastasis in the "sentinel" lymphnodes identified through immunofluorescence analysis of pancytokeratins
Time frame: 5 years
Overall survival
Prognosis of radioguided neck dissection surgery compared to the standardized neck dissection traditionally performed in consideration of the site and the characteristics of the tumor and the clinical status of lymphnodes.
Time frame: 5 years
Disease-free survival
Prognosis of radioguided neck dissection surgery compared to the standardized neck dissection traditionally performed in consideration of the site and the characteristics of the tumor and the clinical status of lymphnodes.
Time frame: 5 years
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