Survival Benefit of Adjuvant Radiotherapy After Surgery in Patients With T1-2N1M0 Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Dual-Cohort Analysis of SEER and Institutional Data.

Cancer Med · 2026 · PMC12856699 · PMID 41614332

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At our hospital, OS was also longer in patients who underwent surgery with postoperative RT (MST 63 months) than in those who underwent surgery alone (MST 34 months); the difference did not reach statistical significance (HR 0.360, 95% CI 0.057–2.261; p = 0.224, log‐rank test; Figure 3B ), possibly because of the small sample size and relatively short follow‐up duration. 3.4.

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