Metastatic neck disease beyond the limits of a neck dissection: attention to the 'para-hyoid' area in T1/2 oral tongue cancer.

Objective: We evaluated patients with small oral tongue cancer suffering from recurrence, which develops in the intervening area between the primary site and the neck. Lesions in the area around the cornu of the hyoid bone ('para-hyoid' area) often involve the hypoglossal nerve and the root of the lingual artery, resulting in treatment failure and death.

Methods: A 10-year retrospective chart review was conducted of 248 oral tongue cancer patients with small primary tumors (T1/2).

Surgical management of carcinoma of the cervical esophagus.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to clarify the clinicopathological characteristics, reconstruction methods after resection, and prognosis of cervical esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Methods: Seventy-four with squamous cell carcinomas of the cervical esophagus not previously treated who underwent cervical esophagectomy or total esophagectomy with or without laryngectomy were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: The operative morbidity and in-hospital mortality rates were 34% (25 patients) and 4% (3 patients), respectively.