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11605568

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
Advancements in surgery have made it possible to resect cancers that had previously been regarded as incurable. Similarly, new developments in radiation oncology have helped improve the outlook for patients with locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancers. Among these advancements are refinements in altered fractionation, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy, neutron-beam radiotherapy, charged-particle radiotherapy, and intraoperative radiotherapy. These recent developments have allowed radiation oncologists to escalate the dose of radiation delivered to tumors while minimizing the dose delivered to surrounding normal tissue. Additionally, more continues to be learned about the optimum delivery of chemotherapy. This article provides an update on the status of these new developments in the treatment of head and neck cancers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0145-5613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
704-7, 711-4, 716 passim
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Recent advances in radiotherapy for head and neck cancers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review