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The Current Status of Block Dissection of the Neck in the Treatment of Oral Cavity Cancer
Author(s) -
Fleming W. Brian
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb05596.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neck dissection , oral cavity , cancer , dissection (medical) , resection , surgery , general surgery , dentistry
Experience at the Peter MacCallum Clinic appears to support the case against prophylactic dissection of at the neck in patients with oral cavity cancer. It is concluded that its performance is unjustified except as part of an in‐continuity resection of neck nodes together with the primary tumour.