Disease‐free survival after salvage therapy for recurrent oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract

For recurrent oropharyngeal SCC, HPV-positive tumor status, surgical salvage, and clinical response to salvage therapy are independently associated with improved OS, but not DFS after salvage. Surgical margin is the only independent predictor of DFS. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: E1501-E1509, 2016.