Radioguided Selective Neck Dissection for Staging and Treatment of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Radioguided Selective Neck Dissection for Staging and Treatment of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The purpose of the study is to assess the role of lymphoscintigraphy as a simple and widely accessible method with a favorable cost/benefit ratio in improving oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma staging and surgical appropriateness and implementing a tailored surgical approach to cervical lymph node dissection.

Inclusion Criteria:

• accepted informed consent
• preoperative histological diagnosis of oral cavity or oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
• patients fit to surgery of the primitive tumor and neck dissection (according to the general health condition and the clinical tumor stage)

Exclusion Criteria:

• rejected informed consent
• patients not fit to surgery (according to the general health condition and the clinical tumor stage)
• pregnant women