title: Is selective neck dissection really as efficacious as modified radical neck dissection for elective treatment of the clinically negative neck in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the upper respiratory and digestive tracts?
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Leemans
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Snow
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D037981:Neck Dissection; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*