Morton R P, Ferguson C M, Lambie N K, Whitlock R M
Department of Otolaryngology, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1994 Jul;120(7):717-20. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1994.01880310023005.
To review the relationship between tumor thickness and the subsequent development of cervical nodal metastases in 26 patients with stage I and II carcinomas of the oral tongue.
The histologic features of 26 consecutive patients treated for squamous carcinoma of the oral tongue were reviewed "blindly" by a pathologist, and the variables were correlated with clinical outcome.
No association between tumor thickness and nodal metastases was found. Perineural infiltration was the only factor to approach statistical significance. There was also no statistically significant correlation between tumor thickness and patient survival.
The histologic factors considered herein probably should be controlled for when comparing results of treatment of cancer of the oral tongue.
回顾26例I期和II期舌癌患者肿瘤厚度与颈淋巴结转移后续发展之间的关系。
一名病理学家“盲法”回顾了26例连续接受舌鳞状癌治疗患者的组织学特征，并将这些变量与临床结果进行关联分析。
未发现肿瘤厚度与淋巴结转移之间存在关联。神经周围浸润是唯一接近统计学显著性的因素。肿瘤厚度与患者生存率之间也无统计学显著相关性。
在比较舌癌治疗结果时，可能应控制本文所考虑的组织学因素。
