Clinical Outcomes of Taiwanese Patients with cT4 Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Toward the Identification of the Optimal Initial Treatment Approach for cT4b Patients

• Published in: Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 785 - 793
• Main Authors: Liao, Chun-Ta, Wen, Yu-Wen, Lee, Shu Ru, Liu, Tsang-Wu, Tsai, Sen-Tien, Tsai, Ming-Hsui, Lin, Jin-Ching, Lou, Pei-Jen, Chu, Pen-Yuan, Leu, Yi-Shing, Tsai, Kuo-Yang, Terng, Shyuang-Der, Chen, Tsung-Ming, Wang, Cheng-Hsu, Chien, Chih-Yen, Chen, Wen-Cheng, Lee, Li-Yu, Lin, Chien-Yu, Wang, Hung-Ming, Ng, Shu-Hang, Lin, Chih-Hung, Fang, Tuan-Jen, Huang, Shiang-Fu, Kang, Chung-Jan, Chang, Kai-Ping, Yang, Lan Yan, Yen, Tzu-Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - therapy; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Head and Neck Oncology; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms - pathology; Mouth Neoplasms - surgery; Mouth Neoplasms - therapy; Neoplasm Staging; Oncology; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Survival Rate; Taiwan; Overall Survival Rate; National Comprehensive Cancer Network; Overall Survival; Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Background The National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines recommend that patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and cT4b disease should be either included in clinical trials or treated with a nonsurgical approach. However, surgery may be feasible in selected patients with ade...