ADVANCES IN RADIOTHERAPY FOR HEAD AND NECK-CANCER

Authors
MENDENHALL WM PARSONS JT BUATTI JM STRINGER SP MILLION RR CASSISI NJ
Citation
Wm. Mendenhall et al., ADVANCES IN RADIOTHERAPY FOR HEAD AND NECK-CANCER, Seminars in surgical oncology, 11(3), 1995, pp. 256-264
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,Surgery
Journal title
Seminars in surgical oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
87560437
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
256 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-0437(1995)11:3<256:AIRFHA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Selected advances in radiotherapy for treatment of head and neck cance r are reviewed. These include the role of postoperative radiotherapy, planned postirradiation neck dissection, altered fractionation, neoadj uvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for laryngeal preservation, three- dimensional conformal treatment planning, charged particle irradiation for skull base tumors, and stereotactic radiosurgery. (C) 1995 Wiley- Liss, Inc.