Multi-Site Trial of Navigation vs Treatment as Usual to Improve Initiation of Timely Adjuvant Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• 1. Age \>/= 18 years
• 2. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (or histologic variant) of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, unknown primary, paranasal sinuses, or nasal cavity
• 3. American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) 8th edition clinical T3-4 or \>/= N1 SCC of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, or unknown primary
• 4. No history of radiation therapy for treatment of HNSCC in the definitive or adjuvant settings that would, at the discretion of the enrolling clinician, affect the patient's need for adjuvant RT
• 5. Plan for curative intent surgery at one of the participating centers
• 6. Plan for PORT (regardless of whether it is at the surgical center) with or without concurrent chemotherapy following curative intent surgery based on the expectation of at least one of the following adverse features on final pathologic evaluation: pT3 or pT4 primary, N1 or greater nodal disease, perineural invasion (PNI), or lymphovascular invasion (LVI).
• 1. Inability to speak or read English or Spanish.
• 2. Severe mental illness that would prevent trial participation.
• 3. HPV-positive OPC or unknown primary SCC staged as cT1-2N1 with a single ipsilateral LN \< 3 cm
• 4. Synchronous untreated malignancy expected to impact life expectancy