Organ Preservation and Late Functional Outcome in Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Rationale of EORTC 1420, the “Best of” Trial

• Jean-Jacques Stelmes,
• Vincent Gregoire,
• Vincent Vander Poorten,
• Wojciech Golusiñski,
• Mateusz Szewczyk,
• Terry Jones,
• Mohssen Ansarin,
• Martina A. Broglie,
• Roland Giger,
• Jens Peter Klussmann,
• Mererid Evans,
• Jean Bourhis,
• C. René Leemans,
• Giuseppe Spriano,
• Andreas Dietz,
• Keith Hunter,
• Frank Zimmermann,
• Ingeborg Tinhofer,
• Joanne M. Patterson,
• Silvana Quaglini,
• Anne-Sophie Govaerts,
• Catherine Fortpied,
• Christian Simon

Affiliations

Jean-Jacques Stelmes

Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich (USZ), Zurich, Switzerland

Vincent Gregoire

Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

Vincent Vander Poorten

Section Head and Neck Oncology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Wojciech Golusiñski

Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Mateusz Szewczyk

Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Terry Jones

Liverpool Head and Neck Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Mohssen Ansarin

Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Martina A. Broglie

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zurich (USZ), Zurich, Switzerland

Roland Giger

Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Jens Peter Klussmann

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Mererid Evans

0Velindre University NHS Trust, Wales, United Kingdom

Jean Bourhis

1Department of Radiation Oncology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

C. René Leemans

2Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Giuseppe Spriano

3Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Humanitas University Milan, Rozzano, Italy

Andreas Dietz

4Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Keith Hunter

5Academic Unit of Oral Medicine, Pathology and Surgery, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Frank Zimmermann

6Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Ingeborg Tinhofer

7Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Radiooncology and Radiotherapy, Berlin, Germany

Joanne M. Patterson

8Institute for Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Silvana Quaglini

9Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Anne-Sophie Govaerts

0EORTC Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium

Catherine Fortpied

0EORTC Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium

Christian Simon

1Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie – Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland