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Table 6 Retrospective and prospective nodal staging

From: Specimen oriented intraoperative margin assessment in oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Nodal Stage

Retrospective (n = 116)

Prospective (n = 111)

N0

65 (56%)

40 (36%)

N1

12 (10%)

33 (30%)

N2

 

2 (2%)

 a

11 (9%)

6 (5%)

 b

22 (19%)

18 (16%)

 c

2 (2%)

3 (3%)

N3

3 (3%)

4 (4%)

Unknown

1 (1%)

5 (4%)