title: Radical neck dissection for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: early and long-term results of treatment.
abstract: An account is given of the use of radical neck dissection in a consecutive series of 147 patients treated during the years 1967-76 in the Head and Neck Unit of the Royal Marsden Hospital. The majority had received previous treatment principally by irradiation to full dosage, some by previous surgery, and a minority by induction cytotoxic chemotherapy. The 5-year determinate survival results for surgical salvage are 28.03%, and 20.5% at 10 years. Prevention of recurrent cancer in the neck was achieved in 70% of all those who later succumbed to their disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000401:mortality; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors