Open AccessMetastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma to the parotid and cervical lymph nodes: treatment and outcomes
Author(s) -
Jeffrey Bumpous
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
current opinion in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, with evaluated medline/current opinion in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.679
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1080-8086
pISSN - 1068-9508
DOI - 10.1097/moo.0b013e32832924e0
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical lymph nodes , neck dissection , parotidectomy , parotid gland , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , radiation therapy , radiology , metastasis , surgery , oncology , head and neck cancer , carcinoma , pathology , cancer
The role of parotidectomy and neck dissection in the management of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck is not as well defined as the role in operations of upper aerodigestive tract and salivary glands. The purpose of this article is to review the current literature regarding head and neck cutaneous SCC with respect to implications of parotid and cervical metastasis.