{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T14:46:24Z","timestamp":1789569984051,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":20,"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","issue":"6","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,10]],"date-time":"2025-02-10T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1739145600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/researchers\/text-and-data-mining"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,10]],"date-time":"2025-02-10T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1739145600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/researchers\/text-and-data-mining"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["link.springer.com"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Indian J Surg Oncol"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]},"DOI":"10.1007\/s13193-025-02219-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,10]],"date-time":"2025-02-10T04:27:41Z","timestamp":1739161661000},"page":"1347-1353","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Lymph Node Yield Per Neck Level as a Predictor of Recurrence in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: a Retrospective Observational Study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Shruthi","family":"Patil V","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Konduru","family":"Vidya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mansi","family":"Agarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Glynis","family":"Florence","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rubine Zeinuddeen","family":"Challakkara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jino Johns","family":"Lalitha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Grace Vandana","family":"Jyoti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shriyans","family":"Jain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meera","family":"Thomas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jansi","family":"Rani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Balukrishna S.","family":"Nair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amit Jiwan","family":"Tirkey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,10]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4\u20135","key":"2219_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"598","DOI":"10.4103\/ijmr.ijmr_1821_22","volume":"156","author":"K Sathishkumar","year":"2022","unstructured":"Sathishkumar K, Chaturvedi M, Das P, Stephen S, Mathur P (2022) Cancer incidence estimates for 2022 & projection for 2025: result from National Cancer Registry Programme, India. Indian J Med Res 156(4\u20135):598\u2013607","journal-title":"Indian J Med Res"},{"issue":"6","key":"2219_CR2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"521","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1506007","volume":"373","author":"AK D\u2019Cruz","year":"2015","unstructured":"D\u2019Cruz AK, Vaish R, Kapre N, Dandekar M, Gupta S, Hawaldar R et al (2015) Elective versus therapeutic neck dissection in node-negative oral cancer. N Engl J Med 373(6):521\u2013529","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"issue":"3","key":"2219_CR3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"465","DOI":"10.1177\/0194599815622409","volume":"154","author":"A Lemieux","year":"2016","unstructured":"Lemieux A, Kedarisetty S, Raju S, Orosco R, Coffey C (2016) Lymph node yield as a predictor of survival in pathologically node negative oral cavity carcinoma. Otolaryngol Neck Surg 154(3):465\u2013472","journal-title":"Otolaryngol Neck Surg"},{"issue":"22","key":"2219_CR4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3464","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.30204","volume":"122","author":"V Divi","year":"2016","unstructured":"Divi V, Harris J, Harari PM, Cooper JS, McHugh J, Bell D et al (2016) Establishing quality indicators for neck dissection: correlating the number of lymph nodes with oncologic outcomes, NRG Oncology RTOG 9501 and 0234. Cancer 122(22):3464\u20133471","journal-title":"Cancer"},{"key":"2219_CR5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Capelli FDA, Paes VR, Machado MM, Menezes CL, Silva PRAD, Siqueira SAC et al (2016) Quantitative analysis of lymph nodes in neck dissection specimens. Morphologic study. Acta Cir\u00fargica Bras 31:428\u201333","DOI":"10.1590\/S0102-865020160070000001"},{"issue":"5","key":"2219_CR6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"429","DOI":"10.1016\/S1368-8375(03)00010-1","volume":"39","author":"A Ferlito","year":"2003","unstructured":"Ferlito A, Rinaldo A, Thomas Robbins K, Ren\u00e9 Leemans C, Shah JP, Shaha AR et al (2003) Changing concepts in the surgical management of the cervical node metastasis. Oral Oncol 39(5):429\u2013435","journal-title":"Oral Oncol"},{"issue":"5","key":"2219_CR7","first-page":"329","volume":"9","author":"J Noguti","year":"2012","unstructured":"Noguti J, Moura CFGD, Jesus GPPD, Silva VHPD, Hossaka TA, Oshima CTF et al (2012) Metastasis from oral cancer: an overview. Cancer Genom Proteom 9(5):329\u2013335","journal-title":"Cancer Genom Proteom"},{"issue":"2","key":"2219_CR8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"136","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0037-1603626","volume":"22","author":"SQ Ahmed","year":"2018","unstructured":"Ahmed SQ, Junaid M, Awan S, Kazi M, Khan HU, Halim S (2018) Frequency of cervical nodal metastasis in early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 22(2):136\u2013140","journal-title":"Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol"},{"issue":"11","key":"2219_CR9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"6711","DOI":"10.1007\/s00784-022-04630-7","volume":"26","author":"JO Voss","year":"2022","unstructured":"Voss JO, Freund L, Neumann F, Mrosk F, Rubarth K, Kreutzer K et al (2022) Prognostic value of lymph node involvement in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Clin Oral Investig 26(11):6711\u20136720","journal-title":"Clin Oral Investig"},{"issue":"9","key":"2219_CR10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3049","DOI":"10.1245\/s10434-014-3702-x","volume":"21","author":"A Ebrahimi","year":"2014","unstructured":"Ebrahimi A, Clark JR, Amit M, Yen TC, Liao CT, Kowalski LP et al (2014) Minimum nodal yield in oral squamous cell carcinoma: defining the standard of care in a multicenter international pooled validation study. Ann Surg Oncol 21(9):3049\u20133055","journal-title":"Ann Surg Oncol"},{"key":"2219_CR11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"106368","DOI":"10.1016\/j.oraloncology.2023.106368","volume":"140","author":"L Zhuge","year":"2023","unstructured":"Zhuge L, Cai H, Huang Z, Wang S, Li Z (2023) The optimal number of examined lymph nodes for accurate nodal staging and favorable prognosis of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncol 140:106368","journal-title":"Oral Oncol"},{"issue":"2","key":"2219_CR12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"185","DOI":"10.1067\/mhn.2003.67","volume":"128","author":"MT Agrama","year":"2003","unstructured":"Agrama MT, Reiter D, Cunnane MF, Topham A, Keane WM (2003) Nodal yield in neck dissection and the likelihood of metastases. Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg Off J Am Acad Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg 128(2):185\u2013190","journal-title":"Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg Off J Am Acad Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg"},{"issue":"4","key":"2219_CR13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"359","DOI":"10.1017\/S0022215121000621","volume":"135","author":"K Devaraja","year":"2021","unstructured":"Devaraja K, Pujary K, Ramaswamy B, Nayak DR, Kumar N, Nayak D (2021) Lymph node yield in treatment na\u00efve cases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: en bloc lymphadenectomy versus level-by-level dissection. J Laryngol Otol 135(4):359\u2013366","journal-title":"J Laryngol Otol"},{"issue":"3","key":"2219_CR14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"368","DOI":"10.1097\/00005537-199903000-00005","volume":"109","author":"M Friedman","year":"1999","unstructured":"Friedman M, Lim JW, Dickey W, Tanyeri H, Kirshenbaum GL, Phadke DM et al (1999) Quantification of lymph nodes in selective neck dissection. Laryngoscope 109(3):368\u2013370","journal-title":"Laryngoscope"},{"issue":"8","key":"2219_CR15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2087","DOI":"10.1038\/bjc.2013.570","volume":"109","author":"SG Patel","year":"2013","unstructured":"Patel SG, Amit M, Yen TC, Liao CT, Chaturvedi P, Agarwal JP et al (2013) Lymph node density in oral cavity cancer: results of the International Consortium for Outcomes Research. Br J Cancer 109(8):2087\u20132095","journal-title":"Br J Cancer"},{"issue":"24","key":"2219_CR16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"5700","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.24631","volume":"115","author":"Z Gil","year":"2009","unstructured":"Gil Z, Carlson DL, Boyle JO (2009) Lymph node density is a significant predictor of outcome in patients with oral cancer. Cancer 115(24):5700\u20135710","journal-title":"Cancer"},{"issue":"11","key":"2219_CR17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1482","DOI":"10.1002\/hed.21114","volume":"31","author":"MG Shrime","year":"2009","unstructured":"Shrime MG, Bachar G, Lea J, Volling C, Ma C, Gullane PJ et al (2009) Nodal ratio as an independent predictor of survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. Head Neck 31(11):1482\u20131488","journal-title":"Head Neck"},{"key":"2219_CR18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"106201","DOI":"10.1016\/j.oraloncology.2022.106201","volume":"135","author":"A Gurmeet Singh","year":"2022","unstructured":"Gurmeet Singh A, Sathe P, Roy S, Thiagrajan S, Chaukar D, Chaturvedi P (2022) Incidence and impact of skip metastasis in the neck in early oral cancer: reality or a myth? Oral Oncol 135:106201","journal-title":"Oral Oncol"},{"issue":"6","key":"2219_CR19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"542","DOI":"10.1001\/jamaoto.2019.0784","volume":"145","author":"A Warshavsky","year":"2019","unstructured":"Warshavsky A, Rosen R, Nard-Carmel N, Abu-Ghanem S, Oestreicher-Kedem Y, Abergel A et al (2019) Assessment of the rate of skip metastasis to neck level IV in patients with clinically node-negative neck oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Otolaryngol Neck Surg 145(6):542\u2013548","journal-title":"JAMA Otolaryngol Neck Surg"},{"key":"2219_CR20","unstructured":"Frequency and therapeutic implications of \u201cskip metastases\u201d in the neck from squamous carcinoma of the oral tongue - PubMed [Internet]. [cited 2024 May 18]. Available from: https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9030939\/"}],"container-title":["Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s13193-025-02219-6.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13193-025-02219-6\/fulltext.html","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s13193-025-02219-6.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,16]],"date-time":"2025-12-16T21:02:25Z","timestamp":1765918945000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/10.1007\/s13193-025-02219-6"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,10]]},"references-count":20,"journal-issue":{"issue":"6","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]}},"alternative-id":["2219"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13193-025-02219-6","relation":{},"ISSN":["0975-7651","0976-6952"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0975-7651","type":"print"},{"value":"0976-6952","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,10]]},"assertion":[{"value":"18 December 2024","order":1,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"value":"22 January 2025","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"value":"10 February 2025","order":3,"name":"first_online","label":"First Online","group":{"name":"ArticleHistory","label":"Article History"}},{"order":1,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"The authors declare no competing interests.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Conflict of Interest"}}]}}