Randomized trial comparing surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy in patients with advanced, nonmetastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: 10‐year update and subset analysis

Abstract

These long-term results demonstrate a significant advantage for primary surgery in patients with cancers of the oral cavity or maxillary sinus, providing strong support for primary surgery as the main modality of treatment for these subsites. In other subsites, CCRT and surgery with adjuvant RT were found to demonstrate similar efficacy for survival in patients with advanced resectable tumors.