Survival Outcomes Among Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Cancer Patients Treated with Upfront Surgery Versus Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy
Kelly J, An Y, Park H, Yarbrough W, Burtness B, Husain Z. Survival Outcomes Among Human Papillomavirus-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Cancer Patients Treated with Upfront Surgery Versus Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2017, 99: s43-s44. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComparison of Survival Outcomes Among Human Papillomavirus–Negative cT1-2 N1-2b Patients With Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Cancer Treated With Upfront Surgery vs Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy: An Observational Study
Kelly JR, Park HS, An Y, Contessa JN, Yarbrough WG, Burtness BA, Decker R, Husain Z. Comparison of Survival Outcomes Among Human Papillomavirus–Negative cT1-2 N1-2b Patients With Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Cancer Treated With Upfront Surgery vs Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy: An Observational Study. JAMA Oncology 2017, 3: 1107-1111. PMID: 28056116, PMCID: PMC5824218, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaHPV-negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaNegative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaMultivariable Cox regressionPrimary surgical resectionOverall survivalUpfront surgerySurgical resectionObservational studyChemoradiation therapySurgical patientsAdjuvant CRTSurvival outcomesCox regressionNational Cancer Data BaseOropharyngeal squamous cell cancerDefinitive chemoradiation therapyMost surgical patientsConcurrent chemoradiation therapyHPV-positive diseaseMargin-negative resectionOptimal patient selectionPrimary treatment modalityUpfront surgical resectionKaplan-Meier analysis