Safety and efficacy of CT-guided radioactive iodine-125 seed implantation as a salvage treatment for recurrent head and neck cancer after two or more courses of radiotherapy
Abstract Background In the past, patients with recurrent head and neck cancer (rHNC) who had previously received a high dose of radiation and were unable to undergo surgery were mainly treated with palliative chemotherapy due to the high incidence of side effects from re-irradiation. With the develo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-05-01
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Series: | Radiation Oncology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-023-02254-z |