Is it necessary to perform radical neck dissection as a salvage procedure for persistent or recurrent neck disease after chemoradiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer?

MeSH terms

• Combined Modality Therapy
• Head and Neck Neoplasms / drug therapy
• Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy
• Head and Neck Neoplasms / secondary*
• Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery*
• Humans
• Lymph Node Excision
• Lymphatic Metastasis
• Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology*
• Neck Dissection / methods*
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery*
• Salvage Therapy*