Background How to properly manage clinically negative neck of head and neck cancer
patients is a controversial topic. Research is now directed toward finding a method sensitive …

Selective neck dissection is a modification of the more comprehensive modified radical or
radical neck dissection that is designed to remove only those nodal levels considered to be …

PURPOSE The aim of the current work is to provide evidence-based recommendations to
practicing physicians and others on the management of the neck in patients with squamous …

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO)“Blue Book” on the Pathology and
Genetics of Head and Neck Tumors is the ninth in a series of ten books devoted to the …

PURPOSE: To determine the safety and efficacy of ferumoxtran 10–enhanced magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging for diagnosis of metastases to lymph nodes and the clinical …

Oral microbiota can alter cancer susceptibility and progression by modulating metabolism
and inflammation. We assessed the association between the oral microbiome and lymph …

Background. The sentinel node biopsy concept has been gaining support in the head and
neck cancer literature during only the last few years, and several pilot studies have been …

Objective Long-term results of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) in early (T1/T2) oral and
oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in a single-institution experience. Methods …

Background. The treatment of the neck in cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract is still a
matter of controversy, even though nowadays there is a trend in the literature toward elective …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the therapeutic implications of the distribution of neck metastases
(NM) in patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the tongue and the floor of the …