Squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary of the head and neck: Favorable prognostic factors comparable to those in oropharyngeal cancer.

Margaret J ZhouAnnemieke van ZanteAnn A LazarEli R GroppoAdam A GarsaWilliam R RyanIvan H El-SayedDavid W EiseleSue S Yom

Published in: Head & neck (2017)

RT-based and surgery-based treatments produced similar outcomes. Patients with p16-positive disease with ≤10 pack-years of smoking history and limited nodal stage constitute a "low-risk" group in SCC of unknown primary similar to that in oropharyngeal cancer.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
papillary thyroid
squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell
lymph node metastasis
minimally invasive
lymph node
coronary artery bypass
locally advanced
coronary artery disease
radiation therapy
insulin resistance
acute coronary syndrome