Comparative effectiveness and safety of radiotherapy treatments for head and neck cancer
This is a comparative effectiveness review of alternative radiation therapy (RT) modalities in the treatment of head and neck cancer including: conventional or two-dimensional (2DRT), three-dimensional conformal (3DCRT), intensity-modulated (IMRT), and proton beam radiotherapy. Key questions that wi...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Rockville, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
2010, [2010]
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Series: | Comparative effectiveness reviews
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Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | This is a comparative effectiveness review of alternative radiation therapy (RT) modalities in the treatment of head and neck cancer including: conventional or two-dimensional (2DRT), three-dimensional conformal (3DCRT), intensity-modulated (IMRT), and proton beam radiotherapy. Key questions that will be addressed are whether any of these modalities is more effective than the others: (1) in reducing normal tissue toxicity and adverse events, and improving quality of life; (2) in improving local tumor control, time to disease progression, and survival; (3) when used in certain anatomic locations or patient subpopulations; and, finally, (4) whether there is more variation in patient outcomes with any modality secondary to user experience, treatment planning, or target volumes |
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Item Description: | Title from PDF title page. - "May 2010." |
Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (various pagings) illustrations |