How long after surgery would you no longer offer adjuvant postoperative treatment for head and neck cancer when a patient (with multiple adverse features that needs adjuvant treatment) keeps postponing the start of radiation?  

Is there a time cutoff where there is no longer a benefit to adjuvant radiation and you recommend reserving radiation only in case of recurrence?

Similar questions have been asked, but they focus on impact of treatment related delays causing total treatment time to exceed 90 - 100 days.



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