
Quad shot: A short but effective schedule for palliative radiation for head and neck carcinoma
Author(s) -
Sushmita Ghoshal,
Santam Chakraborty,
Neeru Moudgil,
Manreet Kaur,
Firuza D. Patel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.58460
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , radiation therapy , palliative care , head and neck cancer , head and neck , wilcoxon signed rank test , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , nursing , paleontology , biology , mann–whitney u test
To evaluate a 2-day course of palliative radiation in patients diagnosed to have inoperable or metastatic head and neck carcinoma.