Re: Pre‐treatment wait time for head and neck cancer patients in Western Australia: description of a new metric and examination of predictive factors.

Re: Pre-treatment wait time for head and neck cancer patients in Western Australia: description of a new metric and examination of predictive factors Increasing complexity of surgical and radiotherapy treatment planning may partly explain this observation, but it is likely due to several interacting patient and system factors. Metrics such as "treatment package time" for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing surgery and post-operative radiotherapy may also be warranted given evidence it independently predicts survival.[3]. [Extracted from the article]