Management of the neck in T1 and T2 buccal squamous cell carcinoma

Buccal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) appears to behave more aggressively than other oral subsites, in particular with regards to regional disease at presentation and regional recurrence. Adequate management of the neck is of the utmost importance but is still the subject of debate. An international multicentre retrospective review of 101 patients treated for T1 –T2 buccal SCC was performed. Twenty-four were staged clinical node positive (cN+) and underwent therapeutic neck dissection, while 77 were node negative (cN0), with 32 undergoing elective neck dissection (END), with an occult nodal metastasis rate of 28.1%.

Source: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - August 26, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: O.A. Nicholson, C.G.F. Van Lanschot, B.N. van den Besselaar, Y. Aaboubout, T. Iseli, J.A.U. Hardillo, H. Mast, L. McDowell, S. Koljenovi ć, S. Kranz, R.J. Baatenburg de Jong, S. Keereweer, D. Wiesenfeld Tags: Multicentre Study Source Type: research