Annals of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ISSN 2835-7132) | Volume 5, Issue 5 | Short Opinion | Open Access DOI
Ioannis Chatzistefanou*
Ioannis Chatzistefanou*, Martha Pyraki, Vassilis Petsinis
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Attikon General University Hospital, Athens Medical School, Greece
*Correspondence to: Ioannis Chatzistefanou
Fulltext PDFOral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has had an overall survival rate of 50% the last forty years. Delays in diagnosis constitute the main reason for the high mortality rates, because patients present with advanced-stage disease that is characterized by high tumor burden and regional lymph nodes, often demanding advanced and expensive treatment modalities. As a result, prognosis can be refined by early detection of OSCC, with clinical examination, imaging, biopsy, and multidisciplinary tumor board reviews that recruit the optimal therapeutic modalities for each patient (surgery, systemic therapy, radiotherapy). Finally, cervical lymph node status is an important prognostic factor in patients with OSCC, often indicating elective or modified radical neck dissections, combined with a minimum five-year follow-up, avoiding recurrences.
Oral cancer; Neck dissection; Unknown primary; Neck metastasis; Occult metastasis
Ioannis Chatzistefanou, Martha Pyraki, Vassilis Petsinis. Clinical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Perspectives in Oral Cancer. Annal of Otol Head and Neck Surg. 2026;5(5):1-3.