A randomised multicentre trial of CHART versus conventional radiotherapy in head and neck cancer
Radiotherapy and OncologyPublished 1 August 1997
Stanley Dische, Michele I. Saunders, Ann Barrett, A Harvey, Delia Gibson, Mahesh Parmar
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Similar local turnout control was achieved by CHART as compared with conventional radiotherapy despite the reduction in total dose from 66 to 54 Gy supporting the importance of repopulation as a cause of radiation failure.
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Similar local turnout control was achieved by CHART as compared with conventional radiotherapy despite the reduction in total dose from 66 to 54 Gy supporting the importance of repopulation as a cause of radiation failure. The effects seen in advanced laryngeal cancer and those related to histological differentiation need further study. Reduced late morbidity is a factor which together with patient preference should be considered in the decision as to the programme of radiotherapy to employ in the curative treatment of head and neck cancer.
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