Palliative Radiation Therapy for Advanced Head and Neck Carcinomas: A Phase 2 Study.

Related Articles Palliative Radiation Therapy for Advanced Head and Neck Carcinomas: A Phase 2 Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Jun 01;95(2):647-53 Authors: Fortin B, Khaouam N, Filion E, Nguyen-Tan PF, Bujold A, Lambert L Abstract PURPOSE: Incurable head and neck cancer is hard to manage with usual palliative care. Radiation therapy (RT) in this setting is sometimes omitted because there is an apprehension that the side effects in the head and neck region might counterbalance the benefits. The objective of this phase 2 study was to evaluate whether highly conformal RT could improve the therapeutic ratio with…
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