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Can concomitant-boost accelerated radiotherapy be adopted as routine treatment for head-and-neck cancers? A 10-year single-institution experience
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Allal, Abdelkarim Said
Taussky, Daniel
Mach, Nicolas
Becker, Minerva
Bieri, Sabine
Dulguerov, Pavel
Published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2004, vol. 58, no. 5, p. 1431-6
Abstract Accelerated schedules are effective in overcoming repopulation during radiotherapy (RT) for head-and-neck cancers, but their feasibility is compromised by increased toxicity. The therapeutic ratio may be particularly favorable for 5-week regimens. This study reports the 10-year experience of a single institution in the routine use of concomitant boost RT as standard radical treatment in all but the most favorable stage patients.
Keywords Adolescent — Adult — Aged — Aged, 80 and over — Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use — Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy/radiotherapy/surgery — Cause of Death — Cisplatin/administration & dosage — Combined Modality Therapy — Dose Fractionation — Feasibility Studies — Female — Fluorouracil/administration & dosage — Head and Neck Neoplasms/drug therapy/radiotherapy/surgery — Humans — Male — Middle Aged — Statistics as Topic
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PMID: 15050320
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine interne des spécialités
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale
Research group Groupe Dulguerov Pavel (ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale) (145)
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(ISO format) 		ALLAL, Abdelkarim Said et al. Can concomitant-boost accelerated radiotherapy be adopted as routine treatment for head-and-neck cancers? A 10-year single-institution experience. In: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2004, vol. 58, n° 5, p. 1431-6. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:33112

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