Five-year survival and prognostic factors for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: retrospective cohort of a cancer center.
Glória Maria De FrançaWeslay Rodrigues da SilvaCristianne Kalinne Santos MedeirosJoaquim Felipe JúniorEdilmar de Moura SantosHébel Cavalcanti GalvãoPublished in: Oral and maxillofacial surgery (2021)
Among the prognostic factors analyzed in this cohort, p16-negative status as a poor prognostic indicator and tumor stage III/IV and an interval longer than 4 weeks between diagnosis and the beginning of treatment were significantly associated with lower overall survival.