Dose escalation in oropharyngeal cancer: a comparison of simultaneous integrated boost and brachytherapy boost

Abstract Background Local recurrence is the most common pattern of failure in head and neck cancer. It can therefore be hypothesised that some of these patients would benefit from an intensified local treatment, such as radiation dose escalation of the primary tumour. This study compares treatment a...

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Main Authors: Anna Embring, Eva Onjukka, Claes Mercke, Ingmar Lax, Anders Berglund, Signe Friesland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-023-02256-x