Serum lactate dehydrogenase is a predictive biomarker in patients with oropharyngeal cancer undergoing radiotherapy: Retrospective study on predictive factors.

Takuya UeharaHiroshi DoiKazuki IshikawaMasahiro InadaSaori TatsunoYutaro WadaYasuo OgumaHisato KawakamiKiyoshi NakamatsuMakoto HosonoYasumasa Nishimura

Published in: Head & neck (2021)

The present study suggested that high LDH levels predicted poor survival after definitive radiotherapy for patients with both HPV-positive and HPV-negative OPC.

Keyphrases

locally advanced
early stage
high grade
radiation therapy
radiation induced
papillary thyroid
rectal cancer
squamous cell
cervical cancer screening
lymph node metastasis
young adults
childhood cancer