Factors Associated with Head and Neck Cancer Postoperative Radiotherapy Delays: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Initiating postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) within 6 weeks of surgery for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is included in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clincal Practice Guidelines and is a Commission on Cancer quality metric. Factors associated with delays in starting PORT have not been systematically described nor synthesized.

Data sources

PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL.

Review methods

We included studies describing demographic characteristics, clinical factors, or social determinants of health associated with PORT delay (>6 weeks) in patients with HNSCC treated in the United States after 2003. Meta-analysis of odds ratios (ORs) was performed on nonoverlapping datasets.

Results

Of 716 unique abstracts reviewed, 21 studies were i

SUBMITTER: Duckett KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11499046 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature