Management for the N0 Neck of SCC in the Oral Cavity

The oral cavity is the most predominant location in the head and neck region for primary malignant tumors, and more than 90 % cancer consists of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).(Shah and Patel 2003) SCC has a high propensity to early and extensive lymph node metastases. Regarding cancer stage distribution at diagnosis, regional spread is more frequent in cancers of oral cavity and pharynx compared to other cancers, including such as prostate, breast, lung and bronchus, and colorectum (Figure 1).(Jemal et al. 2010) Therefore, clinicians for cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx have to regard regional metastasis as most important. Advanced SCC of the oral cavity has regional metastasis frequently, and even in small tumors (T1 or T2) has a relatively high propensity of regional lymph node

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  2012

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  2012-02-22

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  DOI 10.5772/32317
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