Prognostic Value of Lymph Node Density in Lingual Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Lymph node density (LND)—the proportion of positive nodes among the total number resected nodes—has emerged as a reliable prognostic factor in solid tumors. This study aims to assess importance LND lingual squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and its involvement. A retrospective longitudinal with 62 patients was performed. All were diagnosed LSCC submitted for tumor resection neck dissection. Patients stratified into low (<0.04) high risk (≥0.04) based on LND. We analyzed impact overall survival (OS) disease-free (DFS), well relationship between pathological staging, involvement margins, depth invasion (DOI) perineural infiltration. provides substantial lymph (LND), (DFS) (LSCC). statistically significant distribution found LND, infiltration whereas no association rest variables analyzed.