Patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer and N3 neck disease have at least equivalent survival with primary surgical treatment versus primary CRT. Primary surgical resection with appropriate adjuvant therapy should be considered for patients with resectable N3 disease, especially patients with nonoropharyngeal sites. Post-CRT neck dissections did not change the OS of patients with N3 disease.
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