
“Christie Regimen” palliative radiotherapy in advanced head-and-neck cancer: A single-center experience
Author(s) -
Abhishek Srivastava,
Narayan Prasad Adhikari,
Deepak Raj Sonkar,
Kishore Singh,
Akanksha Rathi
Publication year - 2021
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/jcrt.jcrt_229_20
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , regimen , mucositis , head and neck cancer , single center , oncology , progressive disease , surgery , chemotherapy
Relevance of aggressive treatment in advanced head neck squamous cell cancers(HNSCC) is debatable in view of expected poor outcome. Long treatment duration only adds up to the cost of treatment without any improvements in outcomes.