Radiotherapy for retropharyngeal and retrostyloid lymph node groups: When and who? A review of the literature

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Mariana Alberdi González
Marcelo Torres M.
Federico Lorenzo G.

Keywords

head and neck cancer, radiotherapy, neck lymph level VII, retropharyngeal lymph nodes, retrostyloid lymph nodes

Abstract

Radiation therapy has a central role in the management of head and neck malignancies, either as adjuvant treatment after surgery or as definitive therapy. Within this field of study, a still poorly explored and matter-of-debate topic is the indication for irradiation of retropahyngeal lymph nodes, corresponding to neck levels VIIa and VIIb. We have conducted a systematic review with the objective of elucidating elective irradiation criteria for these nodal groups and to issue recommendations about its inclusion in the practice of radiation oncology.

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