Healthcare resource utilization following unilateral versus bilateral radiation therapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma

Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPC) is rapidly increasing in incidence, due to an association with the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. [1,2] The standard of care for the majority of OPC is radiation therapy (RT) to the primary tumour and neck lymph nodes with or without concurrent chemotherapy. Due to concern of of contralateral neck nodal involvement, [3] most OPC are treated with bilateral neck RT, while unilateral neck RT is only offered to highly selected OPC patients with low risk of contralateral neck failure.

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology - November 29, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Ali Hosni, Shao Hui Huang, Wei Xu, Jie Su, Erin Watson, Michael Glogauer, Andrew Bayley, Scott V. Bratman, John Cho, Meredith Giuliani, Andrew Hope, John Kim, Brian O'Sullivan, Jolie Ringash, Anna Spreafico, David P. Goldstein, John Waldron, John R. de Al Tags: Original Article Source Type: research