Organ Preservation and Late Functional Outcome in Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Rationale of EORTC 1420, the “Best of” Trial

Organ Preservation and Late Functional Outcome in Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Rationale of EORTC 1420, the “Best of” Trial

Dysphagia represents one of the most serious adverse events after curative-intent treatments with a tremendous impact on quality of life in patients with head and neck cancers. Novel surgical and radiation therapy techniques have been developed to better preserve swallowing function, while not negat...

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Main Authors: Jean-Jacques Stelmes, Vincent Gregoire, Vincent Vander Poorten, Wojciech Golusiñski, Mateusz Szewczyk, Terry Jones, Mohssen Ansarin, Martina A. Broglie, Roland Giger, Jens Peter Klussmann, Mererid Evans, Jean Bourhis, C. René Leemans, Giuseppe Spriano, Andreas Dietz, Keith Hunter, Frank Zimmermann, Ingeborg Tinhofer, Joanne M. Patterson, Silvana Quaglini, Anne-Sophie Govaerts, Catherine Fortpied, Christian Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
head and neck cancer
oropharyngeal cancer
organ preservation
EORTC 1420
functional outcome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00999/full

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