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Missed radiation therapy sessions in first three weeks predict distant metastasis and less favorable outcomes in surgically treated patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

BACKGROUND: We sought to investigate the prognostic impact of missed RT sessions in patients who had undergone surgery for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). METHODS: The study sample consisted of 905 patients with surgically treated OCSCC who fulfilled criteria of RT course ≤8 weeks. The...

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Autores principales: Chiang, Yin-Yin, Chou, Yung-Chih, Chang, Kai-Ping, Liao, Chun-Ta, Wu, Yao-Yu, Yap, Wing-Keen, Pai, Ping-Ching, Chang, Joseph Tung-Chieh, Lin, Chien-Yu, Fan, Kang-Hsing, Huang, Bing-Shen, Hung, Tsung-Min, Tsang, Ngan-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7427928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32795324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-020-01632-1