Raab et al reported a nomogram for predicting early mortality for a patient being treated for head and neck cancer using radiation and chemotherapy. One group was treated with definitive therapy while a second received adjuvant therapy. The authors are from Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and UC San Diego.
Patient selection: nonmetastatic (M0) head and neck cancer, following adjuvant therapy (surgery for primary tumor within 90 days prior to chemoradiation)
Outcome: death within 90 days after starting radiati0n therapy (had surgery for primary tumor before starting chemoradiation)
