Benefit from surgery with additional radiotherapy in N1 head and neck cancer at the time of IMRT: A population-based study on recent developments

Currently, the role of adjuvant irradiation in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients with N1-lymph node status is not clarified. To assess the population-based effect of recent developments in radiotherapy such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in relation to overall survival (OS) together wi...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 15; no. 2; p. e0229266
Main Authors:	Evers, Christoph, Ostheimer, Christian, Sieker, Frank, Vordermark, Dirk, Medenwald, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 26.02.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Aged Analysis Cancer Cancer patients Cancer research Cancer therapies Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - radiotherapy Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery Classification Combined Modality Therapy Combined treatment Datasets Disease Diseases Epidemiology Female Follow-Up Studies Head & neck cancer Head and neck cancer Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery Human papillomavirus Humans Irradiation Lymph nodes Lymphatic system Male Medical diagnosis Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Oncology Operating systems (Software) Papillomavirus infections Patients Population Population studies Population-based studies Prognosis Radiation therapy Radiotherapy Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - mortality Regression analysis Retrospective Studies Squamous cell carcinoma Statistical analysis Surgery Survival Survival Rate Tumors Iowa Germany
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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