Adjuvant Postoperative Radiotherapy with or without Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: The Importance of Patient Selection for the Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy.

Cancer Res Treat · 2013 · PMC3629361 · PMID 23613668

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marginally significantp=0.10so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Results There was a marginally significant difference of disease-free survival at five years in favor of the CRT arm (51.3% vs. 41.8%, respectively; p=0.10).

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highly significantno p-value reported

However, there was some discordance between the trials in terms of OS: the EORTC study revealed a highly significant difference in OS, whereas the RTOG trial showed only marginal improvement of OS.

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