Aisha A Aden, Felicia O Olawuni, Chadi N Abdel-Halim, Agnes Q Zhu, Travis J Haller, Thomas J O'Byrne, Eric J Moore, Daniel L Price, Kendall L Tasche, Daniel J Ma, Scott C Lester, Mauricio Gamez, Michelle A Neben-Wittich, Katharine Price, Harry E Fuentes-Bayne, David Routman, Kathryn M Van Abel
OBJECTIVES: Social determinants of health (SDOH) can influence access to cancer care, clinical trials, and oncologic outcomes. We investigated the association between SDOH, distance from treatment center, and treatment type with outcomes in human papillomavirus associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma [HPV(+)OPSCC] patients treated at a tertiary care center. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. METHODS: HPV(+)OPSCC patients treated surgically from 2006 to 2021 were selected from our departmental Oropharyngeal Cancer RedCap database...
January 10, 2024: Oral Oncology