According to findings published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, patients with squamous cell carcinoma in the back of the throat, including those with HPV related oral cancers, need not endure open neck surgery or extensive radiation.
Researchers followed 66 patients with this type of cancer who, instead of having the difficult surgery followed by adjuvant radiation, underwent transoral robotic surgery using the da Vinci robotic surgical system.
Results were surprising: on a two-year follow-up, these patients experienced a survival rate of 92 percent, which was equal to the rates of those patients who had traditional open neck surgery or other non-surgical interventions.
"We were surprised that the cancer cure results were even better than the traditional treatments that we have been doing," said Mayo Clinic surgeon Eric Moore, M.D. "[Furthermore] the treatment preserved patients' ability to swallow and their speech performance was excellent."
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
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