Concomitant Boost on Saturdays in Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancers
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Head and neck cancer is a major health problem in Asia, especially in the Indian subcontinent. Study aimed to assess the response of concomitant boost radiotherapy against the concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers and to compare the toxicity in terms of oral mucositis in both treatment groups. Material and methods: Total 60 patients were enrolled and randomly allotted to arm A (n=30) that received concurrent chemoradiotherapy and arm B (n=30) that received concomitant boost radiotherapy without any concurrent chemotherapy. Results: The response at 6 weeks in both treatment arms was comparable (p value- 0.721), the toxicity in terms of mucositis (p value-0.133) also came out to be comparable in both arms. Conclusion: The observations made in our study helped us arrive at a conclusion that concomitant boost radiotherapy without concomitant cisplatin has a response comparable to the conventional chemoradiotherapy regimen with not significantly higher cases of oral mucositis
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Yashna Gupta, Pradeep Garg, Raja PS Banipal, Neeru Bedi
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