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Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology
How much subglottic extension from a primary glottic tumor would make you treat the regional lymph nodes?
Degree of subglottic extension is often difficult to determine from office scope examinations and ENTs do not always include this. Do you have any tips or rule of thumb?
When covering nodes in case with subglottic extension, do you always include level VI?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
This is a question that may be more complicated than it looks, though I recognize that Dr. @William M. Mendenhall has a wealth of experience in this area.
The first issue is that the definition of the cranial extent of the subglottic region is not standardized. It can vary from just under the ...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The top of the trachea.