Importance Delays in the delivery of care for head and neck cancer (HNC) are a key driver of
poor oncologic outcomes and thus represent an important therapeutic target. Objective To …

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx have been used synonymously
and interchangeably in the world literature in the context of head and neck cancers. As the …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has required triage and delays in surgical care
throughout the world. The impact of these surgical delays on survival for patients with head …

Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) is a prevalent surgically treated subset of
head and neck cancer with frequent recurrence and poor survival. Immunotherapy has …

Objective To determine whether structural differences in data sampling between the
National Cancer Database (NCDB), a non-population-based cancer registry, and …

BACKGROUND Multidisciplinary management of head and neck cancer (HNC) must
reconcile increasingly sophisticated subspecialty care with timeliness of care. Prior studies …

Importance Oral cavity cancer often requires multidisciplinary management, subjecting
patients to complex therapeutic trajectories. Prolonged treatment intervals in oral cavity …

The timing of postoperative radiotherapy following surgical intervention in patients with head
and neck cancer remains a controversial issue. This review aims to summarize findings from …

Importance Patients with head and neck cancer undergo extraction of teeth with poor
prognoses to minimize post-radiation therapy (RT) extractions, which are known to cause …

PURPOSE: Delays initiating guideline-adherent postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) in
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are common, contribute to excess …