Question 324 · LDEK · Malignant tumors
Select the false statement about floor of the mouth cancer:
- A. most frequently located in the anterolateral part of the floor of the mouth.
- B. spread to the mandible or tongue is observed in early stages.
- C. spreads along the periosteum, where it can produce large areas of infiltration.
- D. late-stage symptoms are metastases to cervical lymph nodes.
- E. treatment of a TNM-staged T3N0 tumour involves hemimandibulectomy, removal of submental lymph nodes and radiotherapy following surgical treatment.
Hint
Consider how rich, and how often bilateral, the lymphatic drainage of the anterior floor of the mouth is.
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