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
… Since 1994 techniques of target irradiation and … neck cancer, we have made efforts to
use these techniques to spare the major salivary glands while improving target irradiation

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
… with standard irradiation plans. Methods and Materials: Fifteen patients with stage III/IV
head and neck cancer requiring comprehensive, bilateral neck irradiation participated in this …

Conformal and intensity modulated irradiation of head and neck cancer: the potential for improved target irradiation, salivary gland function, and quality of life.

A Eisbruch, LA Dawson, HM Kim… - Acta oto-rhino …, 1999 - europepmc.org
… To develop techniques which facilitate sparing of the major salivary glands while adequately
treating the targets in patients requiring comprehensive bilateral neck irradiation (RT) …

Targeted therapy in head and neck cancer

SK Kundu, M Nestor - Tumor Biology, 2012 - Springer
… Moreover, targeted molecular therapy can also act as a complement to other existing cancer
therapies. Several studies have demonstrated that the combination of targeting techniques …

A three-dimensional CT-based target definition for elective irradiation of the neck

PJCM Nowak, OB Wijers, FJ Lagerwaard… - International Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
… suitable for translation onto a CT-based target. Moreover, the definition of the target should
be given in treatment position of the neck. For neck irradiation, this refers to a supine position …

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer: the UCSF experience focusing on target volume delineation

N Lee, P Xia, NJ Fischbein, P Akazawa… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
… In our initial experience, only the primary tumor was treated with IMRT, whereas the
upper neck above the vocal cords was irradiated with opposed-lateral fields and the lower …

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 target selection guidelines in this review summa- rize a … neck lymph nodal selection
for head and neck cancer IMRT, … a din target irradiation of head and neck cancer by IMRT …

Heterogeneity in head and neck IMRT target design and clinical practice

TS Hong, WA Tomé, PM Harari - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
target volume irradiated across all 20 plans was 250 cm 3 . The standard deviation (SD) for
volume irradiated was … Quality of life for head and neck cancer patients treated by combined …

Target coverage for head and neck cancers treated with IMRT: review of clinical experiences

AS Garden, WH Morrison, DI Rosenthal… - Seminars in radiation …, 2004 - Elsevier
… the treatment of head and neck cancers is less than a decade … for treatment of head and
neck cancer can be achieved. … and neck cancer, specifically with regards to target definition …

Head and neck cancer as a clinical model for molecular targeting of therapy: combining EGFR blockade with radiation

PM Harari, SM Huang - … Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics, 2001 - Elsevier
… Control or C225 treated (24 h) SCC-13Y cells were irradiated at 8 Gy. Following irradiation,
cells were either immediately subcultured for colony formation (0 h) or were returned to the …