Journal article
Role of primary surgery in the treatment of advanced oropharyngeal cancer
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare survival outcomes of patients with advanced stage oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) according to surgical and nonsurgical treatments, when stratified by smoking and p16 status.
METHODS: We conducted a prospective longitudinal population-based study of 279 patients diagnosed with advanced oropharyngeal SCC. Patients were stratified by smoking and p16 status.
Authors
Seikaly H; Biron VL; Zhang H; O'Connell DA; Côté DWJ; Ansari K; Williams DC; Puttagunta L; Harris JR
Journal
Head & Neck, Vol. 38, No. S1, pp. e571–e579
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2016
DOI
10.1002/hed.24042
ISSN
1043-3074