Radiation therapy treatment facility and overall survival in the adjuvant setting for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Nicholas C J Lee Jacqueline R KellyYi AnHenry S ParkBenjamin L JudsonBarbara A BurtnessZain A Husain

Published in: Cancer (2019)

The survival benefit associated with HVSFs persists only when patients remain at the facility for RT, and this suggests that facility specialization and/or high-volume PORT may assist in driving the OS improvement.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
end stage renal disease
long term care
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
replacement therapy