Intraoperative Radiation Therapy: A Promising Treatment Modality in Head and Neck Cancer

Intraoperative Radiation Therapy: A Promising Treatment Modality in Head and Neck Cancer

Every year, almost 62,000 are diagnosed with a head and neck cancer (HNC) and 13,000 will succumb to their disease. In the primary setting, intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) can be used as a boost in select patients in order to optimize local control. Addition of external beam radiation to lim...

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Main Authors: Lara Hilal, Karine A. Al Feghali, Paul Ramia, Ibrahim Abu Gheida, Jean-Pierre Obeid, Wassim Jalbout, Bassem Youssef, Fady Geara, Youssef H. Zeidan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
recurrent cancer
locally advanced
head and neck tumors
salivary gland tumors
intraoperative radiation therapy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2017.00148/full

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