Elective Neck Dissection Improved Survival in Early Node-Negative Oral Cancer - European Medical Journal

Elective Neck Dissection Improved Survival in Early Node-Negative Oral Cancer

Oncology

A phase 3, randomised controlled trial showed that elective neck dissection improved overall survival by 12.5% and reduced risk of death by 36% when compared with a wait-and-watch approach for therapeutic neck dissection in early, node-negative, oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Presented by Anil K. D’Cruz, MS, DNB, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India, at ASCO 2015.

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