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SUBMITTER: Aro K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097925 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aro Katri K Ho Allen S AS Luu Michael M Kim Sungjin S Tighiouart Mourad M Clair Jon Mallen-St JM Yoshida Emi J EJ Shiao Stephen L SL Leivo Ilmo I Zumsteg Zachary S ZS
Cancer 20180509 15
<h4>Background</h4>Current lymph node (LN) staging for salivary gland cancer (SGC) is extrapolated from mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. However, given its unique biology and clinical behavior, it is possible that a SGC-specific LN staging system would be more accurate.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients from the National Cancer Data Base with nonmetastatic SGC of the head and neck who were diagnosed from 2004 through 2013 and underwent surgical resection and neck dissection removing at least ...[more]