Recurrent nodal metastases in the posterior triangle: Implications for treatment of the atypical tumour

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-86

  Brennan, Peter A ^a   Hoffman, G R ^a   Mackenzie, N ^a   Ethunandan, M ^a   Boote, D J ^a   Mellor, T K ^a   Davis, A ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Metastasis; Neck; Oropharyngeal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644645292     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. R. Lindberg Distribution of cervical lymph node metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the upper respiratory and digestive tracts Cancer 29 1972 1446-1449
2. J.P. Bataini J. Bernier J. Brugere C. Jaulerry C. Picco F. Brunin Natural history of neck disease in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx and pharyngolarynx Radiother. Oncol. 3 1985 245-255
3. K.T. Robbins J.E. Medina G.T. Wolfe P.A. Levine R.B. Sessions C.W. Pruet Standardizing neck dissection terminology. Official report of the Academy's committee for head and neck surgery and oncology Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 117 1991 601-605
4. K.T. Robbins Classification of neck dissection: Current concepts and future considerations Otolaryngol. Clin. North Am. 31 1998 639-665
5. B.J. Davidson V. Kulkarny M.D. Delacure J.P. Shah Posterior triangle metastases of squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract Am. J. Surg. 166 1993 395-398
6. I. Cole L. Hughes The relationship of cervical lymph node metastases to primary sites of carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract: A pathological study Aust. NZ J. Surg. 67 1997 860-865
7. E.M. Skolnik K.F. Yee M. Friedman T.A. Golden The posterior triangle in radical neck surgery Arch. Otolaryngol. 102 1976 1-4
8. N.S. Tanner R.L. Carter V.M. Dalley P. Clifford H.J. Shaw The irradiated radical neck dissection in squamous carcinoma: A clinico-pathological study Clin. Otolaryngol. 5 1980 259-271
9. K.L. Yen L.P. Hsu T.S. Sheen Y.L. Chang M.H. Hsu Salvage neck dissection for cervical recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 123 1997 725-729
10. W. Giridharan J. Hughes J.E. Fenton A.S. Jones Lymph node metastases in the lower neck Clin. Otolaryngol. 28 2003 221-226
11. C.R. Leemans J.P. Tiwari J.J. Nanta et. al. Recurrence at the primary site in head and neck cancer and the significance of the neck lymph node metastasis as a prognostic factor Cancer 73 1994 187-190
12. G.B. Snow A.A. Annyas E.A. Van Slooten et. al. Prognostic factors of neck node metastases Clin. Otolaryngol. 7 1982 185-192
13. J.A. Woolgar S.N. Rogers D. Lowe J.S. Brown E.D. Vaughan Cervical lymph node metastasis in oral cancer: The importance of even microscopic extracapsular spread Oral Oncol. 39 2003 130-137
14. G. Spriano R. Piantanida R. Pellini L. Muscatello Elective treatment of the neck in squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx: Clinical experience Head Neck 25 2003 97-102
15. D.B. Chepeya P.T. Hoff R.J. Taylor C.R. Bradford T.N. Teknos R.M. Esclamado Selective neck dissection for the treatment of neck metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck Laryngoscope 112 2002 434-438