The Role of Adjuvant Radiotherapy to the Ipsilateral or Bilateral Neck for pN0 Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Madam — It is common practice to avoid contralateral neck dissections for non-central oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas (OCSCC). In our series [1], 27/101 patients underwent bilateral neck dissections, of whom only five did not receive bilateral adjuvant neck radiotherapy; no sentinal node biopsies w ere carried out. Therefore, these data do not inform on the safety of omitting contralateral neck radiotherapy following surgical contralateral neck staging.
Source: Clinical Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Letter Source Type: research