Patterns of local-regional recurrence following parotid-sparing conformal and segmental intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

LA Dawson, Y Anzai, L Marsh, MK Martel… - International Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Purpose: To analyze the patterns of local-regional recurrence in patients with head and neck
cancer treated with parotid-sparing conformal and segmental intensity-modulated …

Recurrences near base of skull after IMRT for head-and-neck cancer: implications for target delineation in high neck and for parotid gland sparing

A Eisbruch, LH Marsh, LA Dawson, CR Bradford… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Locoregional (LR) failures near the base of the skull, and their relationships to
the targets in the high neck, were examined in a series of patients who underwent intensity …

Recurrence in region of spared parotid gland after definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

DM Cannon, NY Lee - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To discuss the implications of three examples of periparotid recurrence after
definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) …

Salivary gland sparing and improved target irradiation by conformal and intensity modulated irradiation of head and neck cancer

A Eisbruch, JA Ship, LA Dawson, HM Kim… - World journal of …, 2003 - Springer
The goals of this study were to facilitate sparing of the major salivary glands while
adequately treating tumor targets in patients requiring comprehensive bilateral neck …

The potential for sparing of parotids and escalation of biologically effective dose with intensity-modulated radiation treatments of head and neck cancers: a treatment …

Q Wu, M Manning, R Schmidt-Ullrich… - International Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Purpose: Conventional radiotherapy for cancers of the head and neck (HN) can yield
acceptable locoregional tumor control rates, but toxicity of many normal tissues limits our …

Marginal misses after postoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

AM Chen, DG Farwell, Q Luu, LM Chen… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To describe the spatial distribution of local-regional recurrence (LRR) among
patients treated postoperatively with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and …

Patterns of failure in patients receiving definitive and postoperative IMRT for head-and-neck cancer

KSC Chao, G Ozyigit, BN Tran, M Cengiz… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Purpose: To analyze the patterns of locoregional failure in patients with head-and-neck
cancer treated with inverse planning intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Methods and …

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: emphasis on the selection and delineation of the targets

A Eisbruch, RL Foote, B O'Sullivan, JJ Beitler… - Seminars in radiation …, 2002 - Elsevier
The head and neck contain many critical, noninvolved structures in close vicinity to the
targets. The tightly conformal doses produced by intensity-modulated radiation therapy …

Comprehensive irradiation of head and neck cancer using conformal multisegmental fields: assessment of target coverage and noninvolved tissue sparing

A Eisbruch, LH Marsh, MK Martel, JA Ship… - International Journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Purpose: Conformal treatment using static multisegmental intensity modulation was
developed for patients requiring comprehensive irradiation for head and neck cancer. The …

Patterns of failure and toxicity after intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

GO Schoenfeld, RJ Amdur, CG Morris, JG Li… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To determine the outcome of patients treated with intensity-modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: We reviewed …