Ingarfield K, et al. - In Scotland, researchers analyzed 1,820 subjects to assess the factors influencing long-term survival in head and neck cancer (HNC). At 12 years, overall survival was at 26.3%, disease-specific survival was 56.9%, and net survival was 41.4%. The following determinants were linked to long-term survival: age, stage, treatment modality, WHO performance status, alcohol consumption, smoking behavior, and anatomical site. They suggested using net survival for long-term consequences for HNC patients to untangle other causes of death which were either overestimated in overall survival or underestimated in disease-specific survival.