Open AccessPredictors of survival in patients undergoing oropharyngeal surgery for cancer recurrence after radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Molly E. Heft Neal,
Julia R. Brennan,
Catherine T. Haring,
J. Chad Brenner,
Francis P. Worden,
Paul Swiecicki,
Michelle Mierzwa,
Keith Casper,
Kelly M. Malloy,
Chaz L. Stucken,
Scott A. McLean,
Mark Prince,
Carol R. Bradford,
Gregory T. Wolf,
Andrew G. Shuman,
Steven B. Chinn,
Douglas B. Chepeha,
Andrew J. Rosko,
Matthew E. Spector
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european archives of oto-rhino-laryngology/european archives of oto-rhino-laryngology and head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1434-4726
pISSN - 0937-4477
DOI - 10.1007/s00405-020-05913-z
Subject(s) - medicine , multivariate analysis , surgery , radiation therapy , salvage surgery , head and neck cancer , salvage therapy , cancer , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , cohort , chemotherapy , physics , optics
The incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma continues to rise with the majority of patients receiving definitive or adjunctive radiation. For patients with locoregional recurrence after radiation, optimal treatment involves salvage surgery. The aim of this study is to identify factors that predict survival to ultimately improve patient selection for salvage surgery.