The incidence of lymph node metastasis from upper respiratory and digestive tract
carcinoma varies from less than 1% to 85%. Ipsilateral metastasis occurs in more than 50 …

OBJECTIVES: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the hypopharynx represents a distinct
clinical entity among other cancers of the head and neck region. Despite recent advances in …

This comprehensive, multidisciplinary text addresses all aspects of head and neck cancer
and represents a wide spectrum of specialists, including surgical, radiation, and medical …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of organ-preserving CO2 laser microsurgery for
the treatment of piriform sinus carcinoma. METHODS: A retrospective review of 129 …

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of selective neck dissection for management of the
clinically negative neck in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Design: A retrospective …

Background An ipsilateral neck dissection is mandatory during initial treatment stages II–IV
oral carcinomas. However, no consensus exists whether or not to perform an elective …

Squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx remains a highly lethal disease. This article
documents our experience with 132 patients undergoing surgical management of squamous …

Carcinoma of the hypopharynx is uncommon, accounting for 4% of all malignancies of the
head and neck reported by the National Cancer Data Base and 7% of all malignancies of …

Background Neck dissection is an important surgical procedure for the management of
metastatic nodal disease in the neck. The gold standard of neck nodal management has …

Background This retrospective study analyzes the outcome of treatment of a cohort of
patients with hypopharyngeal tumors staged T1 or T2 treated with curative radiation alone to …