Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) seems to represent a major advance in the treatment of multiple malignancies, including head and neck cancer. With this method, the dose delivered to ...

Head and neck cancer is best managed in a multidisciplinary setting. Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and, more recently, biologic therapy are often employed in various combinations in an ...

Our radiation oncologists, including Nancy Lee, have special training in caring for people with head and neck cancer. Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that involves sending high-energy beams of ...

Administration of radiotherapy to patients with head and neck cancer often causes damage to the parotid glands, resulting in a marked decrease in saliva production, and associated discomfort.

Machine Learning to Predict Mortality in Older Patients With Cancer: Development and External Validation of the Geriatric Cancer Scoring System Using Two Large French Cohorts Patients had squamous ...

Boron neutron capture therapy is being used in Japan to target and treat head and neck tumours ... (BNCT), a new highly targeted radiotherapy for cancer. Like many other radiotherapy options ...

the CyberKnife system does not require invasive head or body frames to stabilize patient movement, vastly increasing the system’s flexibility. The CyberKnife procedure requires no anesthesia, can be ...

Millions of patients are treated safely with radiotherapy every year to cure or control symptoms of cancers such as head and neck, brain, breast, cervical, prostate and skin cancer. Radiotherapy also ...

Chemotherapy is a treatment for head and neck cancer that uses powerful drugs to attack cancer cells. Often chemotherapy drugs are given before or during radiation to improve the effectiveness of care ...

Two years ago, Merck KgAA was talking up xevinapant as a leap forward in head and neck cancer and one of the ... looking at xevinapant plus radiotherapy in patients who underwent resection of ...

The main treatment for cancer that starts in the ear canal, middle and inner ear or the bone is surgery and radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is often given after surgery. Some people may have it instead of ...