Abstract
The intent of this study was to determine whether open neck biopsy for patients with squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to the neck influenced the biologic course of the disease or the response to treatment. One hundred ninety-two patients, treated over a 10-year period at M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, were reviewed; 102 of the 139 patients, whose primary site of disease was identified prior to definitive treatment, were matched with a control group of 204 patients. The results showed no significant difference in wound complications, neck recurrence, distant metastases, and 5-year survival. Also, time interval from the biopsy to subsequent treatment and the type of node biopsy did not appear to have any significant detrimental effect. On the basis of these findings, we conclude that, although it is important to refrain from proceeding with an open biopsy until a complete head and neck evaluation has been done, violation of the neck does not signify a poorer prognosis—provided adequate treatment is subsequently given.
Subject
Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery
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