TY - JOUR
T1 - SBRT for recurrent head and neck cancer
AU - Garg, M.
AU - Kabarriti, R.
AU - Baliga, S.
AU - Guha, C.
AU - Tome, W.
AU - Kalnicki, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2017/2/3
Y1 - 2017/2/3
N2 - The management of patients with recurrent head and neck cancers is complex. Concerns over toxicity with re-irradiation have limited its use in the clinical setting. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) has emerged as a highly conformal and precise type of radiotherapy and has the advantage of sparing normal tissue. Although SBRT is an attractive treatment modality, its use in the clinic is limited, given the technically challenging nature of the procedure. In this review, we attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the role of re-irradiation in patients with recurrent head and neck cancers, with particular attention to the advent of SBRT and its use with systemic therapies such as cetuximab.
AB - The management of patients with recurrent head and neck cancers is complex. Concerns over toxicity with re-irradiation have limited its use in the clinical setting. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) has emerged as a highly conformal and precise type of radiotherapy and has the advantage of sparing normal tissue. Although SBRT is an attractive treatment modality, its use in the clinic is limited, given the technically challenging nature of the procedure. In this review, we attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of the role of re-irradiation in patients with recurrent head and neck cancers, with particular attention to the advent of SBRT and its use with systemic therapies such as cetuximab.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/777/1/012025
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/777/1/012025
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85014081418
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 777
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012025
T2 - Micro-Mini and Nano-Dosimetry and Innovative Technologies in Radiation Therapy, MMND and ITRO 2016
Y2 - 26 January 2016 through 28 January 2016
ER -