Improvement in Survival Rates and Quality of Life Among Patients Surgically Treated for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity.

J Maxillofac Oral Surg · 2026 · PMC13201822 · PMID 42206123

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A notable trend in surgical approaches for oral cancer treatment over the two periods studied was observed with open surgery ( p = 0.086) and en bloc resection ( p < 0.001) being used less common in the more recent period.

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a significant trendno p-value reported

Also, we noted a significant trend in the use of the CO 2 waveguide laser, exclusively observed in recent periods.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

For the other domains like appearance, though there were changes in scores, these did not reach statistical significance.

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showed a trendno p-value reported

The composite score showed a trend toward improvement (from 56.5 to 61.5), but this was not statistically significant ( p = 0.124).

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