The Use of Clinical Criteria Alone in the Management of the Clinically Negative Neck Among Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx

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Abstract
HEAD AND NECK oncologists continue to debate the appropriate management of the clinically negative neck among patients with mucosal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the upper aerodigestive tract. Various therapeutic approaches are available, but the quality of data supporting any particular strategy is quite variable. Clinicians are therefore guided as much by personal philosophy and local custom as by scientific evidence.