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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Main Author: Samson, David J.
Corporate Authors: United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rockville, MD Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2010, [2010]
Series:Comparative effectiveness reviews
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a 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