Published July 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Chart in locally advanced head and neck cancers - radiobiological analysis of the clinical results

  • 1. Dept. of Radiotherapy, Post-Graduate Inst. of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India)
  • 2. KG's Medical College, Lucknow (India)

Description

A combination of surgery and radiotherapy is the choice of treatment in locally advanced cancers of head and neck region. This paper includes the results of the continuous hyperfractionated accelerated radiation therapy (CHART) schedule used to treat advanced squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck and a comparison of the CHART results with the patients of control group treated with conventional fractionated schedule and a radiobiological analysis using LQ and MC models

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Medical Physics
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 113-115
ISSN
0971-6203

Conference

Title
International conference on medical physics; 19. annual conference on medical physics
Dates
6-9 Nov 1998
Place
New Delhi (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
31038822
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; HEAD; METASTASES; NECK; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD; SURGERY
Descriptors DEC
BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASES; DOSES; IRRADIATION; MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY

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