Table 2 Secondary outcomes
Secondary outcome measures: | |
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1. | Acceptability of the technique to surgeons carrying out surgery for oral and oropharyngeal carcinoma. |
2. | Effect of Lugol’s technique on any further treatment carried out (radiotherapy, chemoradiotherapy or further surgery). |
3. | Estimate of the two-year locoregional recurrence rates in each group. |
4. | Mean and range of volume of tissue removed by each method. |
5. | Safety of the technique. |
6. | Assessment of quality of life changes using EORTC QLQ-30 and EORTC-35 H&N questionnaires, and the MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI) questionnaire |
7. | Overall survival |