Lower-neck sparing in patients with uninvolved neck nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Unquestioned benefit?

Oral Oncol. 2024 Jul:154:106836. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.106836. Epub 2024 May 10.

Authors

Francesca De Felice¹, Teresa Guerrero Urbano²

Affiliations

¹ Radiation Oncology, Policlinico Umberto I, Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: fradefelice@hotmail.it.
² Department of Clinical Oncology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 38733948
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2024.106836

No abstract available

Keywords: EBV; Lower-neck sparing; Lymph nodes; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Neck irradiation; Quality of life; Radiotherapy.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Carcinoma / pathology
Humans
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma* / therapy
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms* / pathology
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms* / therapy
Neck
Organ Sparing Treatments / methods