Stereotactic body radiotherapy as primary treatment for elderly and medically inoperable patients with head and neck cancer.
Emile GogineniZaker RanaPrashant VempatiJessie KartenAnurag SharmaPeter TaylorLucio PereiraDouglas FrankDoru PaulNagashree SeetharamuMaged GhalyPublished in: Head & neck (2020)
SBRT shows acceptable outcomes with relatively low toxicity in previously unirradiated patients with HNC who are medically unfit for conventional treatment. SBRT may provide an aggressive local therapy with high rates of LC and OS while maintaining QoL.
Keyphrases
- radiation therapy
- locally advanced
- early stage
- stem cells
- type diabetes
- mass spectrometry
- metabolic syndrome
- squamous cell carcinoma
- mesenchymal stem cells
- middle aged
- radiation induced
- high resolution
- replacement therapy
- combination therapy
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- rectal cancer
- liquid chromatography
- solid phase extraction