Survival Impact of Elective Neck Dissection and Adjuvant Radiation in N0 High-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma.
Kush PanaraNeel SangalDeepak LakshmipathyKarthik RajasekaranPublished in: Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2024)
Patients with T3-T4 high-grade MEC who underwent END and found to be pathologically node-negative (pN0) had significantly improved 5-year DSS and 5-year OS than patients who were cN0 and did not undergo END. Importantly, although 68% of patients received adjuvant radiation, we show no benefit of this treatment modality on outcomes in pN0 high-grade MEC.