Prevalence and prognostic impact of retropharyngeal lymph nodes metastases in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: Meta-analysis of published literature.
Giancarlo TirelliNicoletta GardenalEnrico ZanelliDaniele BorsettoVeronica PhillipsAlberto Vito MarcuzzoJonathan FusseyJerry PoleselPaolo Boscolo RizzoPublished in: Head & neck (2022)
The prevalence of RLNMs in OPSCC was 13%, being higher in tumors of the posterior pharyngeal wall. RLNMs were associated with unfavorable outcomes.