Management of the neck in cancer of the salivary glands

Abstract

Discussion of risk factors for metastasis from cancer of the salivary glands Algorithm for management of the clinically negative (N0) neck in cancer of the salivary glands based upon clinical assessment, fine-needle aspiration biopsy, and frozen section pathology Management of the clinically positive (N+) neck, including neck dissection and postoperative radiation therapy Future directions in understanding salivary gland tumorigenesis and cervical metastasis, such as using molecular markers for prognosis and developing targeted therapy © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.