Outcome of matched patients with good-prognosis oropharyngeal cancer [HPV(+), treated on studies of chemo-RT and cetuximab-RT.
Longitudinal evaluations of swallowing, observer and patient-reported dysphagia, and QOL, were made in through 12 months.
No significant differences between the arms were observed.
These data do not support replacing chemotherapy with cetuximab for treatment de-intensification.