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Long-term quality of life after treatment for locally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma: Surgery and postoperative radiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiation
Oral Oncology , 08/18/09

Boscolo-Rizzo P et al. - In a study to evaluate long-term quality of life (QoL) in survivors with oropharyngeal carcinoma (OC) treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) vs concurrent chemoradiation (CRT), these results support an organ preservation approach with CRT in pts with advanced OC.

Methods

The study used the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QoL questionnaires.
The study group consisted of 57 pts.

Results

Scores for physical and social functioning were significantly more favorable in the chemoradiation group.
Surgical pts showed statistically higher problems with fatigue, pain, swallowing, social eating, and social contact.
CRT group reported significantly greater problems with teeth, open mouth, dry mouth, and sticky saliva.
The global QoL score was higher in CRT group.

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