Publications by authors named "Ricardo Vieira dos Santos"
Tumor thickness as a predictive factor of lymph node metastasis and disease recurrence in T1N0 and T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue.
Leandro Luongo de Matos Gabriel Manfro Ricardo Vieira dos Santos Elaine Stabenow Evandro Sobroza de Mello
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
August 2014
Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the thickness of primary tumors with the frequency of nodal metastases and survival in patients surgically treated for T1/T2N0 oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma.
Study Design: This is a retrospective longitudinal study with 74 patients.
Results: None of the patients with a tumor thickness (TT) ≤ 7 mm presented with nodal metastasis, whereas 25 of the patients with a TT > 7 mm (51.