Effect of time to simulation and treatment for patients with oropharyngeal cancer receiving definitive radiotherapy in the era of risk stratification using smoking and human papillomavirus status

ConclusionIncreasing time before RT for patients with oropharyngeal SCC is associated with nodal progression and increased hazard of distant failure, although not PFS or OS in our population.

Source: Head and Neck - January 22, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mark J. Amsbaugh, Mehran Yusuf, Elizabeth Cash, Craig Silverman, Kevin Potts, Neal Dunlap Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research