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Reply to Borewad et al. Comment on "Rao et al. The Oncological Outcome of Postoperative Radiotherapy in Patients with Node-Negative Early-Stage (T1/T2/N0) Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Perineural Invasion: A Meta-Analysis.

Karthik N Rao, Sreeram M P, Remco de Bree, William M Mendenhall, Primož Strojan, Göran Stenman, Antti Mäkitie, Alfons Nadal, Juan P Rodrigo, Sweet Ping Ng and 4 more

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Article in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Karthik N RaoDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Sri Shankara Cancer Foundation, Bangalore 560004, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1420-7366
Sreeram M PDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, Sri Shankara Cancer Foundation, Bangalore 560004, India.
Remco de BreeDepartment of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Division of Imaging and Oncology Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7128-5814
William M MendenhallDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Primož StrojanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-0445-112X
Göran StenmanDepartment of Pathology, Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 41345 Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1017-7363
Antti MäkitieResearch Program in Systems Oncology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, FI-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0451-2404
Alfons NadalDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Department of Basic Clinical Practice, School of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5366-093X
Juan P RodrigoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias, University of Oviedo, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), 33004 Oviedo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3063-0890
Sweet Ping NgDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Austin Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3084, Australia.
June CorryDivision of Radiation Oncology, GenesisCare Radiation Oncology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3065, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3530-3274
Alessandra RinaldoENT Unit, Policlinico Città di Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7956-6709
Avraham EisbruchDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Alfio FerlitoCoordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, 35100 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8247-8002

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sincerely thank Borewad et al [...].

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PMID42279361
PMCPMC13255840

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