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ArticleIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India2022

Radiation Therapy Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: a Tertiary Care Centre Experience in a Tier Three Town.

B S Amina, S Anshul, T K Sharan, R S Anusha, Shirley Lewis, V Umesh, A Priyanka, G Tarun

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Article in Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

B S AminaDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.
S AnshulDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.
T K SharanDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.
R S AnushaDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.ORCID 0000-0002-1331-6763
Shirley LewisDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.
V UmeshDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.
A PriyankaDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.
G TarunDepartment of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka India.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To report the outcomes of patients with head and neck squamous cell cancers (HNSCC) who received radiotherapy as a part of their first line treatment. All patients treated with radiotherapy for HNSCC between 2013 and 2017 were retrospectively identified from the department records. Patients with follow-up of less than 3 months following primary treatment were excluded. The demographic, disease and outcome details were retrieved from the patients' hospital records. The disease free survival (DFS) was estimated with Kaplan-Meier analysis, and effect of different variables on DFS were compared using log-rank test. The late toxicities of treatment were also recorded and reported. A total of 311 patients were found to be eligible. Most patients were males (82%), and oral cavity cancers predominated (45.3%). 237 patients (76.2%) had locally advanced disease at presentation. Radiotherapy was used as definitive treatment for 152 patients (48.9%). At a median follow up of 14.8 months (range: 3-85.2 months), the estimated Disease-Free Survival (DFS) was 52.7 months (95%CI: 37.7-67.7 months). Locally advanced disease correlated with a significantly lower median DFS (61.2 vs. 32.8 months;

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DysphagiaHead and neck cancerLocoregional controlRadiotherapyXerostomia

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PMID36742778
PMCPMC9895132
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