Association between radiotherapy for surgically treated oral cavity cancer and secondary lung cancer

• Main Authors: Dongjie He (Author), Jun Zhang (Author), Ying Xiang (Author), Peiwen Wu (Author), Gaiyan Li (Author), Hao Chang (Author), Qiming Wang (Author), Qiuju Shao (Author), Siying Zhu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThere is limited research on the incidence of secondary lung cancer (SLC) after radiotherapy (RT) for oral cavity cancer (OCC). Therefore, we investigated the association between RT for OCC and the risk of SLC and the overall survival of these patients.MethodsPatients diagnosed with OCC be...