Impact of surgical margins on local control in patients undergoing single-modality transoral robotic surgery for HPV-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Andrew J HolcombMatthew HerbergMadeleine P StrohlEdgar OchoaAllen L FengNicholas B AbtTara E MokhtariKrish SureshChristopher I McHughAnuraag S ParikhPeter SadowWilliam FaquinDaniel L FadenDaniel G DeschlerMark A VarvaresDerrick T LinCarole FakhryWilliam R RyanJeremy D Richmon

Published in: Head & neck (2021)

Patients with close surgical margins after TORS for HPV + OPSCC without concurrent indications for adjuvant therapy may be considered for observation alone.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
patients undergoing
high grade
locally advanced
lymph node metastasis
radiation therapy
rectal cancer