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SUBMITTER: Heidkamp J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496932 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heidkamp Jan J Weijs Willem L J WLJ van Engen-van Grunsven Adriana C H ACH de Laak-de Vries Ilse I Maas Marnix C MC Rovers Maroeska M MM Fütterer Jurgen J JJ Steens Stefan C A SCA Takes Robert P RP
Head & neck 20200302 8
<h4>Background</h4>Current intraoperative methods of visual inspection and tissue palpation by the surgeon, and frozen section analysis cannot reliably prevent inadequate surgical margins in patients treated for oral squamous-cell carcinoma (OSCC). This study assessed feasibility of MRI for the assessment of surgical resection margins in fresh OSCC specimens.<h4>Methods</h4>Ten consecutive tongue specimens containing OSCC were scanned using 3 T clinical whole-body MRI. Two radiologists independe ...[more]