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REPORTS OF PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY AND RADIOTHERAPY
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 328-339Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2015.05.010
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Radiotherapy; Overall treatment time; Delays; Local control; Survivala
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Treatment delays in completing radiotherapy (RT) for many neoplasms are a major problem affecting treatment outcome, as increasingly shown in the literature. Overall treatment time( OTT) could be a critical predictor of local tumor control and/or survival. In an attempt to establish a protocol for managing delays during RT, especially for heavily overloaded units, we have extensively reviewed the available literature on head and neck cancer. We confirmed a large deleterious effect of prolonged OTT on both local control and survival of these patients. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Sp. z o.o. on behalf of Greater Poland Cancer Centre.
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