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Morphological changes of regional lymph node in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity
Masaya Okura1, Hajime Kagamiuchi, Gyo Tominaga
1The First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. okura@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp
Background:
Regional immune responses with various types of cancer have been studied histopathologically, however, the prognostic value remains conflicting. The aim of this study was to evaluate morphological changes related to lymph node metastasis and the prognostic value for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma.
Methods:
With histopathologic whole architecture of 430 lymph nodes, gross area, germinal center (GC) area, paracortical area (PA), and tumor area were measured.
Results:
Metastatic node had significantly lower distribution ratio of PA to lymphoarea than that of tumor-free node. GC area was not constantly associated with lymph node metastasis. In Cox multivariate analysis, the mean ratio of PA to gross area/lymphoarea was an independent prognostic factor.
Conclusions:
The proportion of PA to gross/lymph area was associated with lymph node metastasis and long-term survival and may be useful in stratification of those patients for a requirement of adjuvant treatments.
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