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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer reported increasingly better quality of life after treatment than patients receiving other forms of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) improves overall survival (OS) and reduces high-grade toxicity compared with intensity-modulated radiation ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan have published the first prospective study to compare quality of life (QOL) and xerostomia in patients with head-and-neck cancer receiving standard ...

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 ...