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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2025 Apr 19;47(9):2486–2498. doi: 10.1002/hed.28167

Table 5:

3-Year Outcomes

Outcome Surgery + CRT (n = 12,493) CRT (n = 19,874) Comparison of Proportions (%)
OS, Advanced-Stage 79.2% (95% CI 59.8%−93.4%) 70.2% (95% CI 57.1%−81.8%) 9.0 (95% CI 8.0%−10.0%, p < 0.0001)
OS, HPV-Positive 93.4% (95% CI 90.6%−95.7%) 88.5% (95% CI 83.4%−92.8%) 4.9 (95% CI 3.5%−6.3%, p < 0.0001)
OS, HPV-Negative 80.5% (95% CI 77.5%−83.3%) 65.0% (95% CI 62.6%−67.4%) 15.5 (95% CI 11.7%−19.1%, p < 0.0001)
DSS, Advanced-Stage 89.7% (95% CI 72.2%−99.0%) 81.1% (95% CI 58.7%−96.0%) 8.6 (95% CI 7.8%−9.4%, p < 0.0001)
RFS, Advanced-Stage 78.6% (95% CI 53.8%−95.5%) 61.2% (95% CI 33.9%−85.2%) 17.4 (95% CI 16.4%−18.4%, p < 0.0001)

OS = Overall Survival, DSS = Disease-Specific Survival, RFS = Recurrence-Free Survival