Cutaneous head and neck SCCs and risk of nodal metastasis - UK experience.

Aim: To identify the risk of developing metastases to regional nodes in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (CSCCs) of the head and neck.

Methods: A retrospective study of patients with CSCC treated with surgical excision alone between 2000 and 2002 was performed. Demographic details of the patients, the site, size, differentiation, depth of invasion, clearance of surgical margins, and the presence of perineural or lymphovascular invasion of the lesion were documented.