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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Camile Farah
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-5933 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Farah Camile S CS Dalley Andrew J AJ Nguyen Phan P Batstone Martin M Kordbacheh Farzaneh F Perry-Keene Joanna J Fielding David D
Head & neck 20150626 6
<h4>Background</h4>Incomplete primary tumor excision contributes to localized postsurgical recurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The purpose of this study was to provide molecular evidence that surgical margin definition using narrow band imaging (NBI) resulted in more complete OSCC excision than conventional white light (WL) panendoscopy.<h4>Methods</h4>Molecular divergence among tumor, WL, and NBI-defined surgical margins was compared in 18 patients through microarray analysis (Ge ...[more]