title: Management of regional metastatic disease in head and neck cutaneous malignancy. 1. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: This overview is the first of 2 articles on the current evidence for management of the neck and parotid in cutaneous cancers of the head and neck. In this paper we discuss cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and review the latest evidence for management of the regional nodes.
authors.affiliation: Royal Surrey County Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gurney
authors.affiliation: Royal Surrey County Hospital, United Kingdom. Electronic address: carrienewlands@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Newlands
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Lymphatic metastasis; Neck dissection; Radiotherapy