DALLAS — Microscopic extranodal extension appeared associated with shorter survival among patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, according to study results.
In addition, it remains unclear whether adjuvant chemoradiation therapy confers a survival benefit for patients with microscopic or macroscopic extranodal extension (ENE), findings presented at American Head & Neck Society Annual Meeting showed.
“The fact that patients with oral cavity primary cancers and microscopic ENE had worse outcomes than those without is different from the accepted thought surrounding