Impact of intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy on elderly patients undergoing chemoradiation for locally advanced head and neck cancer

Purpose In this work, the treatment tolerance of elderly patients (≥70 years) undergoing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and chemotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancer was assessed. Patients and methods A retrospective review of 112 patients u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Strahlentherapie und Onkologie 2012-08, Vol.188 (8), p.677-685
Hauptverfasser:	Nguyen, N.P., Vock, J., Chi, A., Vinh-Hung, V., Dutta, S., Ewell, L., Jang, S., Betz, M., Almeida, F., Miller, M., Davis, R., Sroka, T., Vo, R.P., Karlsson, U., Vos, P.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Arizona Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - mortality Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - therapy Chemoradiotherapy Combined Modality Therapy Disease-Free Survival Female Follow-Up Studies Head and Neck Neoplasms - mortality Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy Humans Lymphatic Metastasis Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Neoplasm Staging Oncology Organs at Risk Original Article Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms - mortality Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms - pathology Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms - therapy Radiation Injuries - etiology Radiotherapy Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted - methods Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - methods Retrospective Studies Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
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