Conditional survival among patients with oropharyngeal cancer treated with radiation therapy and alive without recurrence 5 years after diagnosis.
Kristina R DahlstromJuhee SongPeter F ThallClifton D FullerKatherine A HutchesonFaye M JohnsonG Brandon GunnJack PhanSteven J FrankWilliam H MorrisonRenata FerrarottoDavid I RosenthalErich M SturgisAdam S GardenPublished in: Cancer (2020)
In this large cohort, long-term survival among patients with OPC was good but lower than predicted for the general population. Patients treated with IMRT and those with less tobacco exposure had better outcomes.