Elective neck dissection versus observation in patients with head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
Moran AmitChuan LiuJobran MansourFrederico Omar Gleber-NettoSamantha H TamErez N BaruchMohamed AashiqAdel K El-NaggarAmy C MorenoDavid I RosenthalBonnie S GlissonRenata FerrarottoMichael K WongKenneth TsaiElsa R FloresMichael R MigdenDeborah A SilvermanGoujun LiAnshu KhannaRyan P GoepfertPriyadharsini NagarajanRandal S WeberJeffrey N MyersNeil D GrossPublished in: Cancer (2021)
Among patients with cSCC of the head and neck, observation of the neck nodes resulted in noninferior survival rates in comparison with END at the time of primary surgery. Further studies are required to elucidate the role of END in patients with advanced disease.