Regional disease in head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: the role of primary tumor characteristics and number of nodal metastases.
Alberto GrammaticaMichele TomasoniMilena FiorEmanuela UlajTommaso GualtieriPaolo BossiSimonetta BattocchioDavide LombardiAlberto DeganelloDavide MattavelliPiero NicolaiFabio GirardiCesare PiazzaPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2021)
This study confirms the association of several independent prognosticators related to the patient, primary tumor, and nodal burden status. Patients with cervical NM should be considered at risk for harboring a higher number of metastatic lymph nodes.