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Achraf A Shamseddine1, Nadeem Riaz2
1Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York United States.
Abstract:
REMATCH, a single-institution phase II study, evaluated reduced-volume surgery in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer responding to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy. Two-year disease-free survival was 90%, with universal laryngeal preservation. The trial advances organ preservation by reducing the extent and intensity of local therapy rather than substituting modalities.
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