Is Elective Neck Treatment Indicated in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Maxillary Sinus?

ALESSANDRA RINALDO, ALFIO FERLITO, ASHOK R. SHAHA and WILLIAM I. WEI From the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA and Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

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