Baylor College of Medicine

Neck Dissection

A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...
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Neck Dissections Based on Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Versus Elective Neck Dissections in Early Oral Cancers: A Randomized, Multicenter, and Noninferiority Trial

Association of Germline BRCA Pathogenic Variants With Diminished Ovarian Reserve: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient-Level Data Sixteen institutions in Japan participated in the study (trial ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Experiences with the Combined Operation for Cancer of the Head and Neck

THE study of a series of 60 cases in which mandibular resection in continuity with some type of neck dissection was carried out forms the basis of this preliminary report. It will be seen that our ...
Medscape

Neck Dissection May Be Avoided in Head and Neck Cancer

Is it necessary to perform a neck dissection on all patients with advanced head and neck cancer? The authors performed a randomized trial in 564 patients recruited from 37 centers in the United ...
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Isolated Tumor Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes: A Management Dilemma

In a randomized, multicenter, noninferiority trial, Hasegawa et al 1 demonstrated that sentinel lymph node (SLN)–navigated neck dissection can replace elective neck dissection in the management of ...