J Korean Soc Ther Radiol.  1984 Mar;2(1):59-70.

Treatment of Metastatic Cervical Cancerous Nodes from an Unknown Primary Site

• Kim GE

Abstract

Guidelines for the optimal management of patients with cervical cancerous nodes from an unknown primary site, has not been yet settled. However, radical treatment has been advocated employing either a surgery, or radiotherapy, or a combination of the two in relation to the location, stage and histologic features of the nodes in the neck. Of 43 patients who presented with "Cervical metastases from an unknown primary" since 1971, 31.2% survived 3 years after adequate management. Combined modality with surgery and radiation showed more favorable treatment results: in local control rate, 3 year survival rates and the subsequent appearances of the contralateral side of neck node through the retrospective analysis. In 11 cases, the primary tumors became apparent later, carcinoma of the hypopharynx, being the most frequent site, rather than the nasopharynx.

MeSH Terms

Humans
Hypopharynx
Nasopharynx
Neck
Neoplasm Metastasis
Radiotherapy
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*