Outcomes of patients diagnosed with carcinoma metastatic to the neck from an unknown primary source and treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
Mona J KamalAbdallah S R MohamedClifton David FullerErich M SturgisFaye M JohnsonWilliam H MorrisonG Brandon GunnKatherine A HutchesonJack PhanStefania VolpeSweet Ping NgRenata FerrarottoSteven J FrankHeath D SkinnerDavid I RosenthalAdam S GardenPublished in: Cancer (2018)
Comprehensive IMRT with treatment to both sides of the neck and to the oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal mucosa results in high rates of disease control and survival. The investigators were unable to demonstrate that treatment intensification with chemotherapy or surgery added benefit or excessive toxicity. Cancer 2018;124:1415-27. © 2018 American Cancer Society.
Keyphrases
- radiation therapy
- papillary thyroid
- end stage renal disease
- squamous cell carcinoma
- newly diagnosed
- small cell lung cancer
- chronic kidney disease
- minimally invasive
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- locally advanced
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery bypass
- lymph node metastasis
- body mass index
- young adults
- patient reported outcomes