Feasibility of reirradiation and treatment outcome in a previously irradiated territory in head-and-neck malignancies

Feasibility of reirradiation and treatment outcome in a previously irradiated territory in head-and-neck malignancies

Abstract Introduction Despite combined modality treatment, local persistent or recurrent disease is a primary cause of treatment failure in 30–50% of patients with advanced head-and-neck cancer (HNC). The role of reirradiation is feared because of increased risk of toxicity due to the previously irr...

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Main Authors: Sweety Gupta, Amit Gupta, Prekshi Choudhary, Ashish Gupta, Manjari Shah, Shashank Srinivasan, Ruchir Tandon, Sudarsan De
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
Subjects:
image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy
reirradiation
second malignancy
surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejo.ejo_56_18

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