Whether patients with early-stage oral cancers should be treated with elective neck dissection at the time of the primary surgery or with therapeutic neck dissection after nodal relapse has been a ...

CHICAGO – The prophylactic removal of lymph nodes during primary surgery improves survival and reduces the rate of recurrence in early-stage oral cancer compared with dissection at the time of nodal ...

Recently, a large randomized trial found a survival advantage among patients who received elective neck dissection in conjunction with primary surgery for clinically node-negative oral cavity cancer ...

CHICAGO, IL — Optimal management of the neck in early oral cancers has been a matter of debate, but the results of a large randomized phase 3 trial have now settled the question, say the authors.

Elective neck dissection reduced risk for regional node recurrence and improved disease-specific survival compared with management and observation among patients with early-stage squamous cell ...

The radioactive tracer technetium 99m Tc-tilmanocept (Lymphoseek, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals) is poised to become a viable alternative to elective neck dissection, the current gold standard for ...