Modern radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

D Alterio, G Marvaso, A Ferrari, S Volpe, R Orecchia… - Seminars in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy (RT) plays a key role in curative-intent treatments for head and neck
cancers. Its use is indicated as a sole therapy in early stage tumors or in combination with …

Prognostic and predictive factors in recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a review of the literature

P Bossi, S Alfieri, P Strojan, RP Takes, F López… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The pattern of clinical behaviour and response to treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is heterogeneous. Treatment strategies that can …

Local therapy in localized Ewing tumors: results of 1058 patients treated in the CESS 81, CESS 86, and EICESS 92 trials

A Schuck, S Ahrens, M Paulussen, M Kuhlen… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Purpose: The impact of different local therapy approaches on local control, event-free
survival, and secondary malignancies in the CESS 81, CESS 86, and EICESS 92 trials was …

Stereotactic body ablative radiotherapy for reirradiation of small volume head and neck cancers is associated with prolonged survival: Large, single‐institution …

K Diao, TP Nguyen, AC Moreno, JP Reddy… - Head & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Recurrent head and neck cancer has poor prognosis. Stereotactic body
radiotherapy (SBRT) may improve outcomes by delivering ablative radiation doses. Methods …

Carotid blowout syndrome after reirradiation for head and neck malignancies: a comprehensive systematic review for a pragmatic multidisciplinary approach

D Alterio, I Turturici, S Volpe, A Ferrari… - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aim To provide a literature review on risk factors and strategies to prevent acute carotid
blowout (CBO) syndrome in patients who underwent reirradiation (reRT) for recurrent head …

Photodynamic therapy with 3‐(1′‐hexyloxyethyl) pyropheophorbide‐a for early‐stage cancer of the larynx: Phase Ib study

G Shafirstein, NR Rigual, H Arshad, MT Cooper… - Head & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background The purpose of this study was for us to report results regarding the safety of 3‐
(1′‐hexyloxyethyl) pyropheophorbide‐a (HPPH) mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) in …

Perioperative HDR brachytherapy for reirradiation in head and neck recurrences: single-institution experience and systematic review

L Tagliaferri, F Bussu, B Fionda, F Catucci… - Tumori …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Aim The aim of our study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients reirradiated with high-
dose-rate (HDR) intensity-modulated brachytherapy (IMBT) for recurrent head and neck …

Reirradiation of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: a pragmatic approach—part I: prognostic factors and indications to treatment

D Alterio, M Zaffaroni, P Bossi, F Dionisi, O Elicin… - La radiologia …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction Reirradiation (reRT) of locally recurrent/second primary tumors of the head and
neck region is a potentially curative treatment for patients not candidate to salvage surgery …

[HTML][HTML] Intensity-modulated radiotherapy-based reirradiation for head and neck cancer: a multi-institutional study by Korean radiation oncology group (KROG 1707)

J Lee, TH Kim, YS Kim, M Kim… - … : Official Journal of …, 2020 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose The benefits of reirradiation for head and neck cancer (HNC) have not been
determined. This study evaluated the efficacy of reirradiation using intensity-modulated …

Long‐term outcome of re‐irradiation for recurrent or second primary head and neck cancer: A multi‐institutional study of AIRO—Head and Neck working group

E Orlandi, P Bonomo, L Ferella, E D'Angelo… - Head & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background To report the long‐term outcome of patients undergoing re‐irradiation (re‐RT)
for a recurrent or second primary head and neck cancer (RSPHNCs) in seven Italian tertiary …