TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
AU - Schwartz, D. L.
AU - Garden, A. S.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Real progress in the radiologic management of head and neck cancer has been made during the past decade. The understanding of how best to deliver radiation, either alone or in combination with other modalities, continues to mature. Technical delivery of radiation is evolving rapidly, vastly improving treatment precision. Complementary achievements in head and neck surgical technique, chemotherapy, and biologic therapy have opened new function-sparing treatment pathways for patients. The end result has been a steady, significant improvement in curative and recuperative outcomes for a cancer long fraught with failure. This article focuses on radiotherapy's role in this progress.
AB - Real progress in the radiologic management of head and neck cancer has been made during the past decade. The understanding of how best to deliver radiation, either alone or in combination with other modalities, continues to mature. Technical delivery of radiation is evolving rapidly, vastly improving treatment precision. Complementary achievements in head and neck surgical technique, chemotherapy, and biologic therapy have opened new function-sparing treatment pathways for patients. The end result has been a steady, significant improvement in curative and recuperative outcomes for a cancer long fraught with failure. This article focuses on radiotherapy's role in this progress.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hoc.2006.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.hoc.2006.02.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16730295
AN - SCOPUS:33646806823
SN - 0889-8588
VL - 20
SP - 259
EP - 285
JO - Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
JF - Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
IS - 2
ER -