N2‐N3 neck nodal control without planned neck dissection for clinical/radiologic complete responders—Results of Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Study 98.02

Abstract

Patients in this trial with N2/3 disease who obtained a clinical and radiological complete response to chemoradiation had a zero incidence of isolated neck failure without a planned neck dissection. The continued use of planned neck dissections in this patient subset cannot be justified.