Impact of delays in radiotherapy of head and neck cancer on outcome.

Barbara ŽumerMaja Pohar PermeSimona JerebPrimoz Strojan

Published in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2020)

The association between a delay in starting RT and the outcome is complex and does not harm all patients waiting for RT. Further research into imaging-derived kinetic data on individual tumors is warranted in order to identify patients at an increased risk of adverse outcomes due to a delay in starting RT.

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