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Association between treatment delays and oncologic outcome in patients treated with surgery and radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.

Vasu TumatiLawrence HoangBaran D SumerJohn M TruelsonLarry L MyersSaad A KhanRandall S HughesLucien NedziDavid J Sher
Published in: Head & neck (2018)
An increase in DM appears to be the mechanism by which prolonged time to treatment initiation leads to worse overall survival. Prolonged RTT has the greatest impact on patients with non-p16 positive oropharynx cancers.
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