Occurrence of cervical lymph node metastasis of maxillary squamous cell carcinoma - A monocentric study of 171 patients

Reviewing recent literature underlined by the illustrated data, we put up for discussion the treatment of SCC of the maxilla as similar to therapy protocols for SCC of the oral cavity. This would include an ipsilateral ND even in low tumour stage and in T4 staged tumours on both sides. However, prospective multicentre studies are needed to verify and recommend these therapy assumptions.