Recent Advances in Radiotherapy For Head and Neck Cancer: A Comprehensive Review
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Oral cancer is a health problem worldwide and is considered to be the fifth most common among other cancers. In order to improve the efficacy of treatment for head and neck cancer newer multimodality approaches are being used with combinations of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Nearly fifty percent of all cancer patients receive radiotherapy with combinations and forty percent contributes as curative treatment with radiotherapy alone. Conventional radiotherapy is a standard approach for locoregionally advanced disease and is associated with a wide variety of well-known acute and long-term toxicities. These chronic toxicities (i.e. Xerostomia, dysphagia, and fibrosis) can negatively impact patient’s quality of life. Hence technical advances in radiotherapy during the last few years has revolutionized the treatment of Head and Neck cancers. With the dawn of new technologies, radiotherapy seems to be hopeful in patients with malignancies. The most noticeable clinical gain has been a distinct reduction in long-term morbidity in these patients. Thus this article aims to present the advancements in radiotherapy which include three dimensional conformal radiotherapy.
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Amrit Kaur Mann, Indira AP, Maria Priscilla David
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