Low risk of contralateral lymph node recurrence in lateralized head and neck carcinoma after postoperative ipsilateral radiotherapy.

Mirja M WirtzSusanne TemmingMartin KocherSabine KunzeRobert Semrau

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2019)

Regional failure of the contralateral neck was low after surgery and ipsilateral neck irradiation in head and neck carcinomas without midline extension, supporting evidence that contralateral neck radiotherapy can safely be omitted in selected cases.

Keyphrases

lymph node
early stage
radiation induced
locally advanced
radiation therapy
patients undergoing
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
rectal cancer