David Sher: Rethinking Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Head and Neck Cancer
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David Sher: Rethinking Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Head and Neck Cancer

David Sher, MD, MPH, Professor, Chief of Head and Neck Radiation Oncology, and Vice Chair and Medical Director for Clinical Operations and Quality at UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared on X:

“I now routinely perform PET-CT simulation for high-risk postop H&N cases and not uncommonly find residual (or progressive) FDG-avid disease.

It makes me question whether the postop RT literature on intensification needs to be re-examined. How much is the benefit of chemotherapy, or prompt RT start, or even nivolumab, related to its efficacy in managing actual gross disease versus microscopic residual.”

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David Sher: Rethinking Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Head and Neck Cancer