Indian clinical practice consensus guidelines for the management of oral cavity cancer

• Published in: Indian journal of cancer Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 6 - 8
• Main Authors: Chaturvedi, Pankaj, Prabhash, Kumar, Babu, Govind, Kuriakose, Moni, Birur, Praveen, Anand, Anil, Kaushal, Ashish, Mahajan, Abhishek, Syiemlieh, Judita, Singhal, Manish, Gairola, Munish, Ramachandra, Prakash, Goyal, Sumit, John, Subashini, Nayyar, Rohit, Patil, Vijay, Rao, Vishal, Roshan, Vikas, Rath, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.02.2020; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Cancer; Cancer therapies; CAT scans; Diagnostic imaging; Diseases; Dissection; Endoscopy; Head & neck cancer; Nutrition; Oral cancer; Practice guidelines (Medicine); Surgery; Tomography; Workflow software; Sri Lanka; India
• ISSN: 0019-509X; 1998-4774
• DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.278975

Computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging (with contrast) of primary and neck and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (in selected cases of advanced stages) for stage III–IV diseased should be performed. [3],[4],[5],[6] In patients with T1N0 or T2N0 stage OCC, resection of the primary tumor site ± ipsilateral/bilateral neck dissection and resection of primary tumor site ± sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy are the two alternative options for surgical therapy. The task force members have taken this educational initiative of developing India specific consensus guidelines for management of head and neck cancer under its ambit.