title: Management of the neck in nonmelanocytic cutaneous carcinomas.
abstract: Cutaneous malignancies are the most common causes of cancer in the United States, and the preponderance occur in the head and neck region. From 0.3% to 13.7% of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and from 0.0028% to 0.4% of cutaneous basal cell carcinomas metastasize to the cervical nodes. A description of the head and neck cutaneous lymphatic drainage is presented, followed by recommendations regarding neck dissection modifications appropriate to the primary sites and nodal eschalons involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Osguthorpe
mesh_terms: D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008196:Lymph; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*