The role of salvage surgery with interstitial brachytherapy for the Management of Regionally Recurrent Head and Neck Cancers.
Nayel KhanMark ClemensJun LiuAdam S GardenAnne LawyerRandal WeberG Brandon GunnWilliam H MorrisonMichael E KupfermanPublished in: Cancers of the head & neck (2019)
Regional recurrences in previously irradiated tissues after the definitive treatment of primary head and neck cancers represent a challenging problem. We demonstrated that salvage neck dissection with IBT provided encouraging regional control and survival rates, while maintaining relatively low acute and long-term toxicity rates.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- liver failure
- locally advanced
- high dose
- radiation therapy
- gene expression
- coronary artery bypass
- oxidative stress
- respiratory failure
- squamous cell carcinoma
- drug induced
- intensive care unit
- surgical site infection
- rectal cancer
- combination therapy
- free survival
- young adults
- acute coronary syndrome
- replacement therapy