ArticleOncotarget2017
Combined surgery and radiation improves survival of tonsil squamous cell cancers.
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- Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck with unknown primary: trends and outcomes from a hospital-based registry.Annals of translational medicine · 2021Article
- Routine surveillance scanning in HNSCC: Lung screening CT scans have value but head and neck scans do not.Oral oncology · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe study evaluated the addition of surgery (S) to radiation (RT) on survival of squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of tonsillar-fossa (TF) in a modern cohort with similar epidemiology and treatment as current patients. STUDY
designRetrospective analysis utilizing Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data.
resultsFor all stages combined TF patients who received S+RT had superior OS ( MATERIALS AND
methodsTF SCC patients treated with either S+RT or RT alone between 2004 and 2011 were examined (
conclusionsOS and DSS were superior for all stages combined and for stages 2, 3, and 4 in TF patients who received S+RT compared to RT alone.
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