Evaluating the effectiveness of adjuvant radiotherapy in addition to surgery versus surgery alone at improving oncologic outcomes for early stage buccal carcinoma: a systematic review.
Corliss Ann Elizabeth BestAlexandra Elizabeth QuimbyBrittany Ann Barbara BestDean FergussonHussain AlsaffarPublished in: Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale (2019)
These results demonstrate there is sparse evidence comparing oncologic outcomes for early stage buccal squamous cell carcinoma treated with surgery alone versus surgery and adjuvant radiation therapy. Our findings based on a limited body of evidence suggest no obvious benefit in the addition of adjuvant radiation therapy, however robust randomized trials are warranted to reach firm conclusions.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- minimally invasive
- radiation therapy
- coronary artery bypass
- squamous cell carcinoma
- sentinel lymph node
- surgical site infection
- locally advanced
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- rectal cancer
- prostate cancer
- lymph node
- metabolic syndrome
- radical prostatectomy
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- weight loss