… The existence of nodal metastases is considered the most important clinic and … with
squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (SCCHN) in the absence of distant metastases [1]. …

… The most important prognostic factor in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is neck
metastasis, which is treated by neck dissection. Although selective neck dissection (SND) is a …

… few patients who need a (salvage) neck dissection for delayed metastases, treatment of the
… Selective neck dissection in surgically treated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma …

… and optional adjuvant radiotherapy—and, in selective cases, chemoradiotherapy—… cervical
metastases is greater than 15% to 20%. Our finding of a 20% rate of occult neck metastases …

… squamous cell carcinoma(OPSCC). This study was planned to determine whether Selective
Neck Dissection (… oncological safe procedure even in patients with lymph node metastases. …

… which have a lower incidence of cervical nodal metastasis at diagnosis, oral squamous cell
… SCC; squamous cell carcinoma; cervical neck dissection; T1/T2 oral cancers; N0 neck and …

… neck dissection to observation in the treatment of … of neck dissection, both the probability
of occult metastasis and the morbidity of the procedure need to be weighed. Occult metastases …

… Furthermore, more than 90% of these cancers are squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Cervical
lymph node metastasis is a main reason of treatment failure, which considerably decreases …

… Selective cutoffs for depth of invasion (DOI) have been … to neck dissection and delayed
neck metastasis for patients with and without END. Tumor grade also predicts neck metastasis. …

… extensive and radical neck surgeries to modified and selective types of neck … neck dissection,
N0 neck, squamous cell carcinoma, skip metastasis, radical neck dissection, lymph node …