{"id":231536,"date":"2026-02-17T14:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/osteoradionecrosis-after-radiotherapy-for-oropharyngeal-carcinoma"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:17:41","slug":"osteoradionecrosis-after-radiotherapy-for-oropharyngeal-carcinoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/osteoradionecrosis-after-radiotherapy-for-oropharyngeal-carcinoma","title":{"rendered":"Osteoradionecrosis After Radiotherapy for Oropharyngeal Carcinoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/osteoradionecrosis-after-radiotherapy-for-oropharyngeal-carcinoma2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell #carcinoma, proton therapy for head and neck cancer was associated with a higher 3-year incidence of osteoradionecrosis compared with intensity-modulated radiation therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Severe osteoradionecrosis rates were low and did not differ by modality.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This cohort study characterizes the incidence, severity, and predictors of osteoradionecrosis in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with curative-intent radiotherapy and compares outcomes between those receiving proton therapy vs intensity-modulated radiation therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell #carcinoma, proton therapy for head and neck cancer was associated with a higher 3-year incidence of osteoradionecrosis compared with intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Severe osteoradionecrosis rates were low and did not differ by modality. This cohort study characterizes the incidence, severity, and predictors of osteoradionecrosis in patients with oropharyngeal squamous [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}