Ariyapala Samaranayaka

Background Cervical lymph node metastasis is one of the most important prognosticators in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The presence of extranodal extension (ENE) in metastatic nodes further worsens the prognosis. The primary objective of this study was to develop a simple model to predict ENE in OSCC using demographic and clinicopathological parameters that are easily available in a preoperative clinical setting.

1 INTRODUCTION Attending dental appointments is challenging for most older people living in care homes, and consequently, their oral health and oral health-related quality of life are poorer than their more independent counterparts and the general population.1, 2 Impaired cognitive and physical capacity subsequent to multimorbidity (and associated disabilities) makes it difficult for most aged residential care (ARC) residents to visit a dental surgery.3, 4 Other key obstacles preventing ARC...

Results The EQ-5D-5L was completed by 1767 Veterans, 1009 who were serving (26% of that group), 458 who had retired, 288 who had not deployed and 21 who did not provide deployment data. There are no reliable denominator data on retired and non-deployed Veterans in New Zealand. To facilitate a complete case analysis, 247 replies were not used due to missing values in one or more variables, the final sample including 1520 individuals.