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Head and neck cancer

Medical Radiology, ISSN: 2197-4187, Page: 91-126
2018
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Book Chapter Description

In this chapter, various altered fractionation schedules are categorized and discussed within the landscape of clinical trials. Today, modern radiotherapy (RT) techniques are offering new avenues to exploit the advantages of altered fractionation not only for the primary treatment of treatment-naïve patients, but also in reirradiation and palliative situations. Novel agents, which are at least as effective but less toxic than platinum compounds, can be combined with contemporary RT techniques to widen the therapeutic window. Radiotherapy with altered fractionation, both alone or as part of combined modalities with systemic therapy (ST), offers many opportunities to the head and neck oncologists.

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