头颈部癌多是扁平上皮癌,常向颈淋巴结转移,对预后有很大影响。以触诊判断转移不太准,而通过CT和回声画像诊断虽已掌握,但和摘除的标本所作组织学检查不完全一致。颈部清扫术已不盛行,近来有用放疗和化疗来治疗 Head and neck cancers are mostly squamous cell carcinomas and often metastasize to the cervical lymph nodes, which has a great influence on the prognosis. Palpation judged that the metastasis was not accurate, and although CT and echographic diagnosis were available, it was not completely consistent with the histological examination performed on the extirpated specimens. Neck dissection is no longer popular and recently treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy