Open AccessFive versus ten fractions per week radiotherapy in locally advancedhead and neck cancer
Author(s) -
Ramanjis Viranna Tallari,
Om Prakash Singh,
Veenita Yogi,
Suresh Yadav
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.4103/0973-1482.199785
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , hyperfractionation , head and neck cancer , chemoradiotherapy , cancer , randomized controlled trial , oncology , dose fractionation
Conventional fractionated radiotherapy (CFRT) is in use since a long time, but the invention of altered fractionation such as hyperfractionation has improved survival in head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC).