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Table 3 Major and minor criteria for sentinel lymph node biopsy

From: Prognostic factors of head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review

Major Criteria

Minor Criteria

• State of immunosuppression

• Depth of tumor ≥6 mm or beyond subcutaneous fat

• Perineural invasion

• Lymphovascular invasion

• Poor histological differentiation