Table II. Recurrences: distribution of cases according to neck treatment in early stages (stratified according to clinical stage and total population).

		Clinical stages I-II
	Local	Dissected neck	Untreated neck	Distant metastasis
	n. (%)
Group 1 (n. = 39)	5 (12.8)	2 (5.1)	2 (5.1)	2 (5.1)
Group 2 (n. = 15)	(0)	(0)	(0)	1 (6.7)
Group 3 (n. = 24)	3 (12.5)	(0)	(0)	(0)