Planned neck dissection for advanced primary head and neck malignancy treated with organ preservation therapy: Disease control and survival outcomes

• Published in: Head & neck Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 73 - 79
• Main Authors: Newkirk, Kenneth A., Cullen, Kevin J., Harter, K. WIlliam, Picken, Catherine A., Sessions, Roy B., Davidson, Bruce J.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2001; John Wiley & Sons
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Combined Modality Therapy; Disease-Free Survival; Female; head and neck cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality; Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy; Head and neck surgery. Maxillofacial surgery. Dental surgery. Orthodontics; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neck Dissection; organ preservation therapy; Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous); Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Retrospective Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the upper aerodigestive tract; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; Local dissemination; Relapse; Malignant lymphadenopathy; Metastasis; Chemoradiotherapy; Incidence; Conservative surgery; Organ preservation; Surgery; Head and neck; ENT disease; Adult; Lymphatic dissemination; Neck; Dissection; Survival curve; Blood dissemination; Human; Treatment efficiency; Malignant tumor; Radiotherapy; Treatment; Second cancer; Combined treatment; Technique; Predictive factor; Bibliographic review

Background The role of planned neck dissection after organ preservation therapy with radiotherapy or chemotherapy/radiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancers presenting with clinically positive neck disease is still being elucidated. The aim of this study is to review the outcomes of such patien...