Improved quality of life in head and neck cancer patients treated with modern arc radiotherapy techniques - A prospective longitudinal analysis.

Front Oncol · 2024 · PMC11456567 · PMID 39376987

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failed to reach statistical significancep =0.087so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

( Supplementary Table S2 ) In subgroup analysis of factors effecting QOL change, patients treated with HT experienced greater pain relief over time compared to VMAT but failed to reach statistical significance ( p =0.087, Supplementary Table S1.2 ).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

The advantage of HT over VMAT on pain relief was still observed but did not reach statistical significance in this group presumably due to an even smaller sample size.

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