Comparison of radiochemotherapy alone to surgery plus radio(chemo)therapy for non-metastatic stage III/IV squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A matched-pair analysis.

  • Dirk Rades
  • Thekla Meyners
  • Nadja Kazic
  • Amira Bajrovic
  • Volker Rudat
  • Steven E Schild

Abstract

The standard treatment for non-metastatic stage III/IV squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck varies worldwide. This study compared the outcomes of radiochemotherapy alone to surgery followed by radio(chemo)therapy (radiotherapy plus/minus concurrent chemotherapy).

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number9
ISSN0179-7158
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21858415