Topkan Erkan, Somay Efsun, Selek Ugur, Pehlivan Berrin
Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Baskent University, 82. Street No: 26, Bahcelievler, Ankara Turkey.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Aug;76(4):3735-3736. doi: 10.1007/s12070-024-04580-4. Epub 2024 Mar 11.
We read the study conducted by Joseph and colleagues with great interest, which investigated the loco-regional control, disease-specific survival (DSS), overall survival (OS), and treatment-related complications in 163 oral cancer (OC) patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) or chemo-RT (CRT) for close resection margins (CRMs).The study results offer valuable insights into the role of RT/CRT in OC patients with CRMs, but two concerns must be addressed to interpret the outcomes rigorously.
我们饶有兴趣地阅读了约瑟夫及其同事进行的研究,该研究调查了163例因切缘接近(CRM)而接受放疗(RT)或放化疗(CRT)的口腔癌(OC)患者的局部区域控制、疾病特异性生存(DSS)、总生存(OS)以及治疗相关并发症。该研究结果为RT/CRT在CRM的OC患者中的作用提供了有价值的见解,但要严谨地解释这些结果,必须解决两个问题。