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Surgery plus radiotherapy vs surgery: Disease-free survival
- Population
- People with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity or oropharynx
- Intervention
- Surgery plus radiotherapy
- Comparison
- surgery
- Outcome
- Disease-free survival
Surgery plus radiotherapy led to lower disease-free survival compared with surgery; GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Surgery plus radiotherapy vs Surgery Disease-free survival · Adults with oral cavity or oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma · 1 year Surgery plus radiotherapy led to lower disease-free survival compared with surgery; GRADE not reported. Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment (2007) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD006205.PUB2, superseded | RR 0.46 [0.25, 0.85] | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment 2023 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2022-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
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