Feasibility of concomitant cisplatin with hypofractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Feasibility of concomitant cisplatin with hypofractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract Background The evolution of radiotherapy over recent decades has reintroduced the hypofractionation for many tumor sites with similar outcomes to those of conventional fractionated radiotherapy. The use of hypofractionation in locally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC) has been already u...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Arthur Jacinto, Eronides Salustiano Batalha Filho, Luciano de Souza Viana, Pedro De Marchi, Renato de Castro Capuzzo, Ricardo Ribeiro Gama, Domingos Boldrini Junior, Carlos Roberto Santos, Gustavo Dix Junqueira Pinto, Josiane Mourão Dias, Heloisa Pelisser Canton, Raiany Carvalho, Lucas Augusto Radicchi, Soren Bentzen, Eduardo Zubizarreta, Andre Lopes Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Head and neck neoplasm
Accelerated radiation therapy
Hypofractionated radiotherapy
Chemoradiotherapy
Locally advanced head and neck carcinoma (LAHNC)
Concomitant chemotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4893-5

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