Development and Validation of Nomograms for Predicting Delayed Postoperative Radiotherapy Initiation in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The standard of care for initiation of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is within 6 weeks of surgical treatment. Delays in guideline-adherent PORT initiation are common, associated with mortality, and a measure of quality care, but patient-specific tools to estimate the risk of these delays are lacking.

Objective

To develop and validate 2 nomograms (that use presurgical and postsurgical data) for predicting delayed PORT initiation.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study obtained patient data from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2015, from the National Cancer Database. Adults aged 18 years or older with a newly diagnosed HNSCC who underwent surgical treatment and PORT at a Commission on Cancer-a

SUBMITTER: Levy DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7118672 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature