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De-Intensified Therapy Misses Mark in HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Cancer

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Two strategies to de-escalate treatment for human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer failed to show noninferiority versus standard care, which “reset the bar” for future trials of de-escalation, a randomized trial showed. Standard treatment with a 70-Gy dose of radiation therapy (RT) plus cisplatin led to a 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) of 98.1%, as compared to […]

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Publish date : 2024-10-02 15:35:34

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