Improved prognosis for patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Analysis of the National Cancer Database 1998–2006
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Schwam ZG, Husain Z, Judson BL. Refusal of postoperative radiotherapy and its association with survival in head and neck cancer. Radiotherapy And Oncology 2015, 117: 343-350. PMID: 26508285, DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.10.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck cancer patientsPostoperative radiotherapyPredictive factorsCancer patientsOverall survivalNegative nodesThree-year overall survivalCox proportional hazards analysisNational Cancer DatabaseProportional hazards analysisLong-term outcomesMultivariable logistic regressionSlow disease progressionCharlson scorePathologic variablesImproved survivalKaplan-MeierNeck cancerCancer DatabaseDisease progressionRetrospective analysisMultivariate analysisPatientsLogistic regressionSelect head