[Diagnostic and therapeutic management in malignant neck tumors of unknown origin. Our experience in the last 5 years]

Abstract

The AA. analyzed 37 cases of metastatic neck cancer from unknown primary sites treated at the Oncologic Unit from 1986 to October 1991. This group account for 7 percent of total cervicofacial tumors seen. Factors that affected survival include the symptoms of consult, the control of cervical disease after treatment and surgery. The survival was 50 percent at two years and the rate of neck disease control amounted to 57.7 percent.