Role of addition of chemotherapy to palliative radiotherapy protocol: A review of literature and experience from a tertiary cancer center of India

Role of addition of chemotherapy to palliative radiotherapy protocol: A review of literature and experience from a tertiary cancer center of India

Unresectable head-and-neck cancers (HNCs) pose a significant challenge to clinical oncologists. Radiotherapy (RT) has a pivotal role in palliation of symptoms in advanced unresectable stage. Palliative RT protocols generally employ hypofractionated regimes in an attempt to reduce the overall treatme...

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Main Authors: Pavan Deepak Mandigala Venkata Ramana, Gulafshan Jabi, Mohsin Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research
Subjects:
chemoradiotherapy
concurrent
head-and-neck cancer
palliative
Online Access:http://www.journalrcr.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9273;year=2023;volume=14;issue=1;spage=8;epage=13;aulast=Venkata

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