Interstitial Brachytherapy for Early Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Long-Term Treatment Outcomes From a Single Tertiary Oncology Center.

Cureus · 2025 · PMC12633654 · PMID 41281060

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0.0790

closest p · 1.6× alpha

0.2000

boldest claim

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showed a trendp=0.079so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Time from last fraction of brachytherapy to date of neck dissection showed a trend toward statistical significance (HR: 0.907, 95% CI: 0.814-1.011, p=0.079).

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.200not close (p > 0.1)

However, this did not reach statistical significance (p=0.200 by Fisher’s exact test).

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