Elective parotidectomy and neck dissection are not beneficial in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head

Objective: Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cSCC), a tumor with a significantly increasing incidence, is mostly diagnosed in the head region, where tumors have a worse prognosis and a higher risk of metastases. The presence of metastases reduces specific five-year survival from 99% to 50%. As the...

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Main Authors: Zuzana Horakova, Ivo Starek, Richard Salzman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1808869423001209