Mouth cancer

Gross Examinations Versus Frozen Section for Assessment of Surgical Margins in Oral Cancers

Who can joinAdults

Age18–100 years

Kind of studyStudy of how care is given

What it testsSurgery or a procedure

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Where to go

3 hospitals in India taking patients for this trial.

Tata Memorial HospitalMumbai, MaharashtraDirections ↗

ACTREC, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in CancerNavi Mumbai, RaigadDirections ↗

Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer CentreVaranasi, Uttar PradeshDirections ↗

Registry summary (technical)

Surgical margin is a significant prognostic factor in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC)\[1,2,3\]. Intra-operative frozen section (FS) has been routinely used by the surgeons to achieve adequate surgical margins. However published literature has failed to show a conclusive benefit of FS in improving oncological outcomes(4-7). The overall identification rate of the inadequate margins by FS is variable with figures in the literature ranging from25-34%.(8-10) Revision of margins based on FS is widely practiced in centers where facility for FS is available. However this has not shown to …

Sponsor: Dr.Pankaj Chaturvedi
NCT04809324 on ClinicalTrials.gov · CTRI number CTRI/2021/03/032015
Last updated on the registry 11 Apr 2025 · read by us 20 Oct 2026

Mouth cancer

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