Are there particular adjuvant therapy considerations for locally advanced HNSCC patients who are found to have metastatic involvement of cystic lymph nodes during surgery?
Are there increased concerns of infection or fistula formation with such nodes?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Adjuvant therapy for resected cystic lymph nodes should be based on pathologic risk features e.g. extra-nodal extension, per guideline recommendations (no special considerations). Note that large fluid-filled cystic nodes are characteristic of squamous cancers originating from Waldeyer's ring that a...