Open AccessAccelerated hypofractionation (OCTA SHOT): Palliative radiation schedule in advanced head and neck carcinoma
Author(s) -
Shankar Lal Jakhar,
Ramesh Purohit,
A.A. Solanki,
Priyanka Murali,
Trupti Kothari,
Neeti Sharma,
Harish Kumar
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/jcrt.jcrt_767_16
Subject(s) - medicine , mucositis , radiation therapy , head and neck cancer , dysphagia , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , malignancy , carcinoma , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , paleontology , biology
Head and neck cancers are attributed to be the most common type of malignancy in the developing countries with most cases presenting in advanced stage. This pilot study was performed to evaluate the effect of an accelerated hypofractionated 4 days schedule (octa shot) in providing palliation to such advanced cases of head and neck cancer.