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 …

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the head and neck

HC Thoeny, F De Keyzer, AD King - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Extracranial applications of diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are
gaining increasing importance, including in head and neck radiology. The main indications …

Image guidance in radiation therapy for better cure of cancer

V Grégoire, M Guckenberger… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The key goal and main challenge of radiation therapy is the elimination of tumors without
any concurring damages of the surrounding healthy tissues and organs. Radiation doses …

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted MR imaging for the prediction of treatment response

AD King, KK Chow, KH Yu, FKF Mo, DKW Yeung… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine the diagnostic performance of diffusion-weighted (DW) imaging for
the prediction of treatment failure in primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma …

[HTML][HTML] How rapid advances in imaging are defining the future of precision radiation oncology

L Beaton, S Bandula, MN Gaze, RA Sharma - British journal of cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Imaging has an essential role in the planning and delivery of radiotherapy. Recent advances
in imaging have led to the development of advanced radiotherapy techniques—including …

Value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for prediction and early assessment of response to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in rectal cancer …

M Lambrecht, V Vandecaveye, F De Keyzer… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) for response
prediction before and response assessment during and early after preoperative …

Pretreatment diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for prediction of local treatment response in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

S Chawla, S Kim, L Dougherty… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to predict response to chemoradiation therapy
in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) by combined use of …

The value of magnetic resonance imaging for radiotherapy planning

P Dirix, K Haustermans, V Vandecaveye - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
The success of highly conformal radiotherapy techniques in the sparing of normal tissues or
in dose escalation, or both, relies heavily on excellent imaging. Because of its superior soft …

[PDF][PDF] MR-guided radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: current developments, perspectives, and challenges

S Boeke, D Mönnich, JE Van Timmeren… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Based on the development of new hybrid machines consisting of an MRI and a linear
accelerator, magnetic resonance image guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) has revolutionized …

[HTML][HTML] Functional MRI for the prediction of treatment response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: potential and limitations

AD King, HC Thoeny - Cancer imaging, 2016 - Springer
Pre-treatment or early intra-treatment prediction of patients with head and neck squamous
cell carcinomas (HNSCC) who are likely to have tumours that are resistant to …