Does concurrent postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy in head and neck cancer improve patient outcome?

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue S Yom ◽  
David I Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcome ◽  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Postoperative Radiotherapy ◽  
Improve Patient Outcome ◽  
Improve Patient

High rates of postoperative radiotherapy delay in head and neck cancer before and after Medicaid expansion

Head & Neck ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pang ◽  
Farhoud Faraji ◽  
Erik Risa ◽  
Loren K. Mell ◽  
Jeffrey J. Houlton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Postoperative Radiotherapy ◽  
Medicaid Expansion ◽  
Before And After

scholarly journals Postoperative Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Vedang Murthy ◽  
Sayan Kundu ◽  
Tanweer Shahid ◽  
Ashwini Budrukkar ◽  
Tejpal Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Targeted Therapy ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Postoperative Radiotherapy ◽  
Locally Advanced ◽  
Head And Neck Cancers ◽  
Advanced Head ◽  
Locoregional Failure

Abstract Though early stage head and neck cancers can be cured either by surgery or radiation, patients with locally advanced disease continues to pose a therapeutic challenge. Locoregional failure is the major cause of death in head and neck cancers. As the outcome of locally advanced head and neck cancer is less than promising, a combined modality approach is generally undertaken in this group of patients. The combination of surgery, radiation and more recently, chemotherapy and targeted therapy can improve outcomes in locally advanced head and neck cancer patients. This overview discusses the rationale and role of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in advanced head and neck cancers, the radiotherapy technique in brief and methods of enhancing the efficacy of postoperative RT by altering the fractionation schedules and adding chemotherapy and targeted therapy.

The significance of anemia in squamous cell head and neck cancer treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy

Oral Oncology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine M.G. van de Pol ◽  
Patricia A.H. Doornaert ◽  
Remco de Bree ◽  
C. René Leemans ◽  
Ben J. Slotman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Squamous Cell ◽  
Postoperative Radiotherapy

Hemoglobin levels predict local regional control after postoperative radiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. S102-S103 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Guttenberger ◽  
J. Lutterbach ◽  
A. Roth ◽  
S. Rõser ◽  
R. Schindler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Postoperative Radiotherapy ◽  
Advanced Head ◽  
Regional Control ◽  
Local Regional Control

Uni- and multivariate analysis of eight indications for postoperative radiotherapy and their significance for local-regional cure in advanced head and neck cancer

1993 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 437-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Ravasz ◽  
G. J. Hordijk ◽  
P. J. Slootweg ◽  
F. Smit ◽  
I. V. D. Tweel
Keyword(s):  
Head And Neck Cancer ◽  
Head And Neck ◽  
Neck Cancer ◽  
Postoperative Radiotherapy ◽  
Combined Therapy ◽  
Primary Tumour ◽  
Undifferentiated Carcinoma ◽  
Advanced Head ◽  
Tumour Invasion ◽  
Invasive Tumour

Eighty consecutive patients with advanced head and neck cancer were treated with combined therapy of radical surgery and post-operative radiotherapy. Indications for post-operative radiotherapy were pathological staging of the primary tumour (pT3 or pT4), poorly differentiated or undifferentiated carcinoma (G3, G4), tumour thickness, tumour invasion in the surrounding tissues with slender tumour strands and solitary tumour cells, perineural spread, lymphangio-invasive tumour growth, multiple positive neck nodes or extranodal spread, and microscopical irradicality of the surgical margins. The contribution for prognosis of these indications for post-operative radiotherapy were retrospectively calculated in an univariate and multivariateanalysis. Of all investigated parameters, the mode of tumour invasion and lymphangio-invasive growth were independent prognostic factors. If these unfavourable prognostic signs are present, post-operative radiotherapy has to be intensified to at least curative doses of 66 Gy or more to the areas at risk.

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