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. 2018 Dec 14;2018(12):CD012939. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012939.pub2

Summary of findings 2. Standard‐dose adjuvant radiotherapy alone versus adjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Standard‐dose adjuvant radiotherapy alone compared with adjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with HPV‐positive oropharyngeal carcinoma who have received minimally invasive transoral surgery
Patient or population: patients with HPV‐positive oropharyngeal carcinoma who have received minimally invasive transoral surgery
Settings: post minimally invasive transoral surgery
Intervention: standard‐dose adjuvant radiotherapy alone
Comparison: adjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Outcomes Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) Relative effect
 (95% CI) No of participants
 (studies) Quality of the evidence
 (GRADE) Comments
Assumed risk Corresponding risk
Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy Standard‐dose adjuvant radiotherapy alone
Overall survival
Follow‐up: at 1, 2, 3 and 5 years
No data available (no included studies)
Disease‐free survival
Follow‐up: at 1, 2, 3 and 5 years
No data available (no included studies)
Swallowing ability
Follow‐up: at 1, 6, 12 and 24 months
No data available (no included studies)
Voice (Voice Handicap Index)
Follow‐up: at 1, 6, 12 and 24 months
No data available (no included studies)
*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
 High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
 Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
 Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
 Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.