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Planned neck dissection following chemoradiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer: Is it necessary for all?

✍ Scribed by Phillip K. Pellitteri; Alfio Ferlito; Alessandra Rinaldo; Jatin P. Shah; Randal S. Weber; John Lowry; Jesus E. Medina; Christine G. Gourin; K. Thomas Robbins; Carlos Suárez; Ashok R. Shaha; Eric M. Genden; C. René Leemans; Jean Louis Lefebvre; Luiz P. Kowalski; William I. Wei

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
109 KB
Volume
28
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-3074

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✦ Synopsis

In the absence of large-scale randomized trials evaluating dissection versus observation of the involved neck after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, there is a need to collect

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