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Surgical Management of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Patients with Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer

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Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 134))

Abstract

The incidence of neck metastases in oral cancer is approximately 50%, whereas cancers arising in the oropharynx have a metastatic rate of well over 50%. In general, it holds true that the more advanced the primary tumour, the higher the incidence of cervical metastases. The distribution of lymphatic metastases is, for the most part, explicable in mechanical and anatomical terms (Lindberg 1972; Shah 1990; Shah et al. 1990; Candela et al. 1990). The filter and barrier function of lymph nodes appears to be effective in the initial stage, as lymphatic spread is generally limited initially to the first echelon of lymph nodes.

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    G. B. Snow, M. W. M. van den Brekel, C. R. Leemans & P. Patel

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Snow, G.B., van den Brekel, M.W.M., Leemans, C.R., Patel, P. (1994). Surgical Management of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Patients with Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer. In: Pape, HD., Ganzer, U., Schmitt, G. (eds) Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 134. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84971-8_6

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