Impact of Neck Dissection in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas of Unknown Primary.
Yazan Abu-ShamaJulia SalleronFlorent CarsuzaaXu-Shan SunCarole PflumioIdriss TroussierClaire PetitMatthieu CaubetArnaud BeddokValentin CalugaruStephanie Servagi-VernatJoël CastelliJessica MiroirMarco KrengliPaul GiraudEdouard RomanoJonathan KhalifaMélanie DoréNicolas BlanchardAlexandre CoutteCharles DupinShakeel SumodheeYungan TaoVincent RothLionel GeoffroisBruno ToussaintDuc Trung NguyenJean-Christophe FaivreJuliette ThariatPublished in: Cancers (2021)
In HNCUP, ND improves PFS, regardless of nodal stage. The magnitude of the benefit of ND does not appear to depend on ND extent and decreases with a more advanced nodal stage.