In the absence of distant disease, the presence of cervical metastases is the most adverse
independent prognostic factor in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The …

Because of the proclivity of head and neck cancer to metastasize to the regional lymph
nodes, a discussion of the management, regardless of the primary sites, mandates a …

The presence of lymph node metastasis from a head and neck cancer signifi cantly reduces
the probability of regional control and consequently patient survival. Therefore, management …

A number of issues are at the forefront of current considerations in surgical treatment of the
neck in head and neck cancer. These include proposed new definitions of lymph node …

With the exception of distant metastasis, the presence of cervical lymph node metastasis is
the single most adverse independent prognostic factor in head and neck squamous cell …

In an attempt to develop neck dissection procedures that more specifically addressed early
stage neck metastases, a number of variations and modifications of the classical radical …

More than 50% of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity have lymph node
metastases and histological confirmation of metastatic disease is the most important …

Management of the neck remains the keystone of man-agement of cancer of the head and
neck. The cervical lymphatics play an active role in the biologic behavior of cancers of the …

The surgical treatment of the cervical lymph nodes in patients with cancer of the head and
neck in the clinical absence or presence of neck disease remains a subject of much debate …

Inthe past few decades, the radical neck dissection, originally described by Crile'and later
popularized by Martin et al.,? has been modified in various ways, giving rise to several types …