Squamous Neck Cancer with Occult Primary, Metastatic (Head and Neck Cancer)
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Answer:
Metastatic squamous neck cancer develops in squamous cells and eventually spreads to lymph nodes in the neck. Squamous cells are present in many different organs throughout the body, including the lungs, kidneys, skin, cervix and esophagus.
Survival
Three-year, disease-free survival rates following surgery and/or radiation therapy for unknown squamous primaries range from 40% to 50% in patients with N1 disease, to 38% and 26% for patients with N2 and N3 disease, respectively. Patients who later develop primary lesions have poor survival rates compared to patients whose primaries remain occult, for example 30% versus 60%.
Explanation:
There are 3 main treatment options for oral and oropharyngeal cancer: surgery, radiation therapy, and therapies using medication.
There are 3 main treatment options for oral and oropharyngeal cancer: surgery, radiation therapy, and therapies using medication.