How new NICE guidelines will impact service provision in patients treated for early oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma – a ten-year single centre retrospective review

Introduction: Historically, patients with early oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (oSCC) without evidence of neck disease have not all been treated with cervical node surgery. New NICE guidelines recommends all patients are offered surgical intervention in the neck (elective neck dissection, ND or sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).

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