Journal article
0-7-21 hypofractionated palliative radiotherapy: an effective treatment for advanced head and neck cancers
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We report our experience in providing palliative radiotherapy (RT) to patients with head and neck cancers (HNCs). Our hypofractionated regimen, "0-7-21", treats patients with 24 Gy in three fractions.
METHODS: Patients, disease and response data were retrieved for candidates of 0-7-21 from 2005 to 2012. Primary end points included symptom and tumour size responses to RT based on response evaluation criteria in solid tumours (RECIST) …
Authors
Nguyen N-TA; Doerwald-Munoz L; Zhang H; Kim D-H; Sagar S; Wright JR; Hodson DI
Journal
British Journal of Radiology, Vol. 88, No. 1049,
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1259/bjr.20140646
ISSN
0007-1285