Impact of head and neck cancer adaptive radiotherapy to spare the parotid glands and decrease the risk of xerostomia

J Castelli, A Simon, G Louvel, O Henry, E Chajon… - Radiation …, 2015 - Springer
Background Large anatomical variations occur during the course of intensity-modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT) for locally advanced head and neck cancer (LAHNC). The risks are …

Final report of a prospective randomized trial to evaluate the dose-response relationship for postoperative radiation therapy and pathologic risk groups in patients with …

DI Rosenthal, ASR Mohamed, AS Garden… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose To present the long-term and final report of a phase 3 trial designed to assess dose-
response relationship for postoperative radiation therapy (PORT) and pathologic risk groups …

[图书][B] Radiotherapy for head and neck cancers: indications and techniques

KK Ang, AS Garden - 2006 - books.google.com
Long established as a staple reference for all radiation oncologists, Radiotherapy for Head
and Neck Cancers: Indications and Techniques is now in its Third Edition. This completely …

Defining risk levels in locally advanced head and neck cancers: a comparative analysis of concurrent postoperative radiation plus chemotherapy trials of the EORTC …

J Bernier, JS Cooper, TF Pajak… - Head & Neck …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background. In 2004, level I evidence was established for the postoperative adjuvant
treatment of patients with selected high‐risk locally advanced head and neck cancers, with …

Parotid glands dose–effect relationships based on their actually delivered doses: implications for adaptive replanning in radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer

KU Hunter, LL Fernandes, KA Vineberg… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose Doses actually delivered to the parotid glands during radiation therapy often
exceed planned doses. We hypothesized that the delivered doses correlate better with …

Reirradiation of head and neck cancers with intensity modulated radiation therapy: outcomes and analyses

V Takiar, AS Garden, D Ma, WH Morrison… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To review our 15-year institutional experience using intensity modulated radiation
therapy (IMRT) to reirradiate patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas …

Targeted chemoradiation for advanced head and neck cancer: analysis of 213 patients

KT Robbins, P Kumar, FSH Wong… - Head & Neck …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Background To determine the survival results, patterns of relapse, and organ preservation
effects of a targeted chemoradiation protocol for patients with advanced (stage III–IV) …

Dose, volume, and function relationships in parotid salivary glands following conformal and intensity-modulated irradiation of head and neck cancer

A Eisbruch, RK Ten Haken, HM Kim, LH Marsh… - International Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Purpose: To determine the relationships between the three-dimensional dose distributions
in parotid glands and their saliva production, and to find the doses and irradiated volumes …

Effect of multileaf collimator leaf width on physical dose distributions in the treatment of CNS and head and neck neoplasms with intensity modulated radiation therapy

JB Fiveash, H Murshed, J Duan, M Hyatt… - Medical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this work is to examine physical radiation dose differences between two
multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf widths (5 and 10 mm) in the treatment of CNS and head and …

Patterns of treatment failure and postrecurrence outcomes among patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after chemoradiotherapy …

JE Leeman, J Li, X Pei, P Venigalla, ZS Zumsteg… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Even though 15% to 50% of patients with head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma (HNSCC) experience recurrence, relatively little is known regarding patterns of …