Cost of surveillance imaging in head and neck cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy.
Ng S, Jomaa M, Pollard C, Ayoub Z, Mohamed A, Garden A, Berends J, Gunn G, Frank S, Skinner H, Phan J, Rosenthal D, Morrison W, Johnson J, Sturgis E, Lai S, Fuller C. Cost of surveillance imaging in head and neck cancer patients treated with definitive radiotherapy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 6610-6610. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.6610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeck cancer patientsSalvageable recurrenceAsymptomatic patientsDefinitive radiotherapyOverall survivalClinical findingsCancer patientsAdverse clinical findingsEarly salvage treatmentRecurrence-related deathsSuccessful salvage rateDisease-free intervalMedian overall survivalGroup of patientsChemotherapy useEligible patientsLR relapseSalvage therapyDistant relapseSalvage treatmentDisease recurrenceSalvage rateClinical outcomesMedian timeMean age