Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the most common malignancies, 1 especially in
developing countries but also in the developed world. 2 Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is …

Background About 10 000 persons are diagnosed as having carcinoma of the oral cavity or
the throat in Germany every year. Squamous-cell carcinoma accounts for 95% of cases …

A consecutive series of 1,081 previously untreated patients undergoing 1,119 radical neck
dissections (RNDs) for squamous carcinoma of the head and neck was reviewed to study …

Background Supraomohyoid neck dissection is an adequate operation for the elective
treatment of the neck for patients with oral cavity cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma of the …

The increasing use of 3D treatment planning in head and neck radiation oncology has
created an urgent need for new guidelines for the selection and the delineation of the neck …

Purpose Sentinel lymph node biopsy is an essential staging tool in patients with clinically
localized oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. The harvesting of a sentinel lymph node …

The outcome of 200 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral/oropharyngeal
mucosa managed by primary radical surgery and simultaneous neck dissection and …

18F-FDG PET has a high accuracy in staging head and neck cancer, but its role in patients
with clinically and radiographically negative necks (N0) is less clear. In particular, the value …

Objectives: For decades, the gold standard for treatment of cervical metastasis was radical
neck dissection (RND). Current oncologic philosophy allows for treatment of appropriately …

Background. Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has been proposed for staging of N0 neck in
oral/oropharyngeal carcinomas. It is claimed that SNB may be superior to selective neck …