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ArticleHealth science reports2020

Adjuvant treatment for high-risk salivary gland malignancies and prognostic stratification based on a 20-year single institution experience.

Benjamin E Onderdonk, Everett E Vokes, Michael Gwede, Elizabeth Blair, Nishant Agrawal, Daniel J Haraf

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Article in Health science reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Contemporary Management of Malignancies of the Parotid Gland: A State-of-the-Art Review.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin E OnderdonkDepartment of Radiation and Cellular Oncology University of Chicago Chicago Illinois.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1281-9617
Everett E VokesDepartment of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology University of Chicago Chicago Illinois.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-8068
Michael GwedePritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago Chicago Illinois.
Elizabeth BlairDepartment of Otolaryngology University of Chicago Chicago Illinois.
Nishant AgrawalDepartment of Otolaryngology University of Chicago Chicago Illinois.
Daniel J HarafDepartment of Radiation and Cellular Oncology University of Chicago Chicago Illinois.
University of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimRetrospective analysis of the utility of adjuvant radiation (RT) or chemoradiation (CRT) and identify prognostic features for patients with high-risk head and neck salivary gland cancers.

methodsFrom 1/1997 to 12/2017, 108 patients underwent surgery, and RT (n = 50) or CRT (n = 58) for positive lymph node(s), extracapsular extension, perineural invasion, lymphovascular space invasion, positive/close margin, and/or grade 3 disease. Outcomes were estimated with the Kaplan-Meier method. Significant predictors identified through regression analyses were incorporated into multivariable regression (MVA). Toxicities were compared using chi-square.

resultsThe median follow-up was 52 months (range: 3-226). The number of risk factors (RFs) between RT and CRT groups were: 0 to 1 (44% vs 7%), 2 to 3 (48% vs 41%), or 4 to 6 (8% vs 52%), respectively (

conclusionsAdjuvant CRT provides adequate locoregional control in patients with more adverse RFs. The absolute number of RFs serves prognostic significance and should be considered in future prospective trials.

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chemoradiationchemotherapyradiationrisk factorssalivary gland

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PMID33043152
PMCPMC7539565
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