Results of Therapy for Base of Tongue Cancer

note that much of the data below was before the use of combined chemo-radiation and modern results are much higher (especially in stage III and IVa). Whereas most patients are now treated with combination of chemotherapy and high dose radiation using IMRT techniques (which has resulted in much better survival statistics, go here and here and here and here and here and here, esp if HPV + go here). So for advanced oropharynx cancer the survival rates have need pushed up form the 30 to 50% range now up to the 70 to 90% range,