Open AccessConcomitant boost chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: Treatment tolerance and acute side effects
Author(s) -
Mehrsa Majdaeen,
Ali Kazemian,
Mohammad Babaei,
Peiman Haddad,
Fatemeh Hashemi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.155098
Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , head and neck cancer , mucositis , radiation therapy , dysphagia , chemotherapy , incidence (geometry) , surgery , chemoradiotherapy , physics , optics
In the present study, we evaluated treatment tolerance and side effects of 6 days a week accelerated radiation therapy using concomitant boost methods with chemotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer.