Limiting toxicity by reducing the amount of mucosa exposed to radiation is a logical and practical way of minimizing the damage from radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancers.

The problem, says Ono, is that the neutrons used for BNCT are a relatively weak form of radiation and can’t be applied deep in the body at therapeutic levels. Head and neck cancers are usually ...

TOURS, France, Jan. 7, 2025 /CNW/ -- GORTEC, known as Head and Neck Radiation Oncology Group, today announced that the randomized Phase 3 NIVOPOSTOP GORTEC 2018-01 trial evaluating nivolumab ...

Researchers have created an ultra-fast cancer treatment that can deliver much-needed treatment in just one second.

The Head and Neck Oncology is also part of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the original 13 centers in the US designated by the National Cancer Institute. The broad inter-disciplinary team ...

Our multidisciplinary team includes head and neck surgeons, reconstructive surgeons, dental surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, neuroradiologists and pathologists from UW Medicine ...

Missing weekly cisplatin cycles was associated with worse OS in patients with head and neck cancers, particularly for those with p16-negative tumors.

More information: Rajesh V. Lalla et al, Females have lower salivary flow than males, before and after radiation therapy for ...

medical director of Head and Neck Oncology group (GORTEC) and radiation oncologist at Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland, said in a press release issued by GORTEC, known as Head and Neck ...

Results from the Phase III NRG Oncology RTOG 0920 (NRG-RTOG 0920) trial assessing postoperative radiotherapy with or without ...