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 ...

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 ...

Recently, a large randomized trial found a survival advantage among patients who received elective neck dissection in conjunction with primary surgery for clinically node-negative oral cavity cancer ...

The radioactive tracer technetium 99m Tc-tilmanocept (Lymphoseek, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals) is poised to become a viable alternative to elective neck dissection, the current gold standard for ...

The role of imaging in the surveillance of patients with node-positive advanced-stage head and neck cancer is unclear, and whether patients should undergo a planned neck dissection following primary ...

Is PET-CT guided management for patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) cost-effective? Results from a UK non-inferiority phase III randomized trial. Final overall ...

New data from a randomized, controlled trial found that acupuncture provided significant reductions in pain, dysfunction, and dry mouth in head and neck cancer patients after neck dissection. New data ...

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...

A 42-year-old female with papillary thyroid cancer with a moderate risk for recurrence presented to the endocrine clinic. She was AJCC stage 1 and her ATA risk was moderate. When the patient was aged ...

Manipulating the neck has been associated with cervical dissection, a type of arterial tear that can lead to stroke. Although a direct cause-and-effect link has not been established between neck ...