Would you treat a locally advanced head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with axillary-only mets definitively?
Would you treat with radiation (+/- surgery upfront, if resectable) or systemic therapy?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
I would consider the possibility of another primary tumor from the extremities or trunk as a possible synchronous source of regional metastasis in the axilla. Isolated "distant" metastasis in the axillary lymphatics from a primary tumor on the head and neck is relatively rare, although admittedly, d...