I read with interest ‘Sentinel lymph node biopsy for early oral cancer – accuracy
and considerations in patient selection’.
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Vuity et al should be congratulated on excellent outcomes in oral squamous cell carcinoma
(OSSC) patients staged by sentinel node biopsy (negative predictive values - NPV 98 %,
false negative rate - FNR 7.8% and sensitivity 92 %), results which should be replicable
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Publication history
Published online: January 13, 2023
Accepted:
September 5,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Corrected ProofIdentification
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