Background and purpose Many head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors experience
diminished quality of life due to radiation-induced dysphagia. The aim of this study was to …

PURPOSE: To update the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's experience with
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) …

PURPOSE: To evaluate late dysphagia after chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced head-
and-neck squamous cell carcinoma, and to examine its correlation with clinical and …

BACKGROUND: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) beams traverse nontarget
normal structures not irradiated during three-dimensional conformal RT (3D-CRT) for head …

PURPOSE: To determine the effect of prophylactic gastrostomy tube (GT) placement on
acute and long-term outcome for patients treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy for …

PURPOSE: Dysphagia is a debilitating complication in head and neck cancer patients
(HNCPs) that may cause a high mortality rate for aspiration pneumonia. The aims of this …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis: To evaluate the patterns of failure, survival, and functional
outcomes for patients treated with transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and compare these …

Background Persistent dysphagia following primary chemoradiation (CRT) for head and
neck cancers can have a devastating impact on patients' quality of life. Single arm studies …

Résumé À partir d'une revue de la littérature, cet article définit les limites de délinéation pour
les organes critiques, puis les contraintes de dose sur ces derniers lorsque la radiothérapie …

Radiation therapy has come a long way from treatment planning based on orthogonal
radiographs with large margins around tumours. Advances in imaging and radiation …