Increased pathologic upstaging with rising time to treatment initiation for head and neck cancer: A mechanism for increased mortality.
Roy XiaoMatthew C WardKailin YangDavid J AdelsteinShlomo A KoyfmanBrandon L PrendesBrian B BurkeyPublished in: Cancer (2018)
Tumor progression, measured by clinical-to-pathologic upstaging, increases mortality for patients with HNSCC experiencing treatment delays. Cancer 2018;124:1400-14. © 2018 American Cancer Society.