January 18, 2011 — Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) might be a better treatment option for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Compared with conventional radiation ...

In patients with head and neck cancer, a strategy to reduce the radiation dose to dysphagia-and aspiration-related structures improved swallowing and other functional outcomes compared with standard ...

January 31, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) — Treatment with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) provides head and neck cancer patients with a better long-term quality of life (QoL) than older ...

Lymphoma is a cancer that affects organs of the immune system, including the lymph nodes. In a subtype of the disease called extranodal lymphoma, tumors arise in non-lymphoid organs, such as the ...

Patients with head and neck cancer who received intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) had better survival rates than those who received conventional radiation treatment -- the first indication ...

A new study by radiation oncologists comparing the world's literature on outcomes of proton beam therapy in the treatment of a variety of advanced head and neck cancers of the skull base compared to ...

The purpose of this article is to review the role of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in the standard management of patients with head and neck cancer through a critical review of the pertinent ...

Head, neck cancer survival up with IMRT Patients treated with IMRT had significant improvements in cause-specific survival compared with conventional RT techniques. HealthDay News — Patients with head ...

The combination of functional resection laser surgery and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment is more effective at extending the lives of patients with advanced head and neck cancers ...

TPExtreme randomized trial: Quality of Life (QoL) and survival according to second-line treatments in patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (R/M HNSCC). This is an ...

Xerostomia ('dry mouth') is the most common side effect of head and neck radiotherapy owing to irradiation of salivary (parotid) glands. The lack of saliva impairs speech and swallowing and ...