Analysis of prognostic factors and patterns of failure in patients of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated by definitive radiotherapy in a tertiary care cancer center of Northern India

• Main Authors: Sankalp Singh (Author), Nishant Lohia (Author), Sharad Bhatnagar (Author), Pankaj Kumar Sahu (Author), Manoj Prashar (Author), Sundaram Viswanath (Author), Subramananiam Anand (Author), S Harish (Author), Gaurav Trivedi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The incidence of oropharyngeal carcinoma is increasing despite decline in the incidence of head and neck cancers of other sites. Functional organ preservation with minimal toxicity and better survival is the management goal in oropharyngeal cancers (OPCs). Morbidity of surgery favors rad...