## Abstract ## Background. The role of salvage neck dissection for isolated regional recurrences after definitive radiotherapy (RT) is ill‐defined. ## Methods. Five‐hundred fifty patients were treated with RT for lymph node–positive head and neck cancer. RT consisted of a median dose of 74.4 Gy.
Efficacy of Neck Dissection in the Management of Isolated Nodal Recurrence after Head and Neck Cancer Treatment
✍ Scribed by Jimmy Yu–wai Chan
- Book ID
- 120891883
- Publisher
- Current Science Inc.
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3790
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