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This study aimed to compare the 5-year survival rate and Quality of Life (QoL) between S+R and SSIACRT for locally advanced oral cavity cancer. Methods: From a total of 326 patients with stage III and IV oral cavity cancer treated between 2000\u20132020 at a single institution, 149 patients treated with S+R and SSIACRT were analyzed by using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method, a pseudo-randomized controlled trial, and the matched cases were retrospectively evaluated. The 5-year survival rate and QoL were evaluated using the Kaplan\u2013Meier method and the University of Washington QoL questionnaire, respectively. Log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model were used to compare 5-year survival rate and to assess factors affecting survival rates, respectively. Paired t-test was used to compare QoL. Results: To compare the 5-year survival rate and QoL between S+R and SSIACRT, 48 and 15 cases were matched after PSM. The 149 cases were further evaluated for covariates affecting survival rates. The 5-year disease-specific survival rate and 5-year crude survival rate were 52.4% and 44.3% for S+R and 71.3%, and 62.9% for SSIACRT, respectively. There was no statistical difference in survival rates between both treatments, based on Log-rank test analysis. Treatment method was the only independent variable that influenced survival rates. SSIACRT showed better statistical difference in QoL evaluation, specifically in appearance, activity, recreation, swallowing, speech, shoulder, taste, mood, and total score. Conclusions: Propensity score-matched analysis demonstrated survival outcomes that were comparable to, and not inferior to, S+R. However, SSIACRT was associated with superior quality-of-life outcomes compared with S+R, as shown by Cox proportional hazards modeling. 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