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Assessing survival in recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer patients after radiotherapy with/without targeted molecular therapy: A concise systematic review.

Dental and medical problems · Uthman AT, Alkhaled OA, Alrefai AE, Abdulghafoor HN, Elramahi AM, Shetty SR, Al-Rawi NH · 2026-07-01

Researchers reviewed 14 studies involving over 26,000 patients to compare radiotherapy approaches for recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, finding that curative radiotherapy and combination treatments with immunotherapy produced the best survival outcomes, while palliative approaches effectively relieved symptoms with low toxicity.

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