Variation in Volume Definition between UK Head and Neck Oncologists Treating Oropharyngeal Carcinoma

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 654-655

  Pettit, L ^a   Hartley, A ^a   Bowden, S J ^a   Mehanna, H ^b   Glaholm, J ^a   Cashmore, J ^a   Sanghera, P ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN;

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GEOMETRY; GROSS TUMOUR VOLUME; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LETTER; ONCOLOGIST; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053384018     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.07.006     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Gregoire V., Levendag P., Ang K.K., et al. CT-based delineation of lymph node levels and related CTVs in the node-negative neck: DAHANCA, EORTC, GORTEC, NCIC, RTOG consensus guidelines. Radiother Oncol 2003, 69:227-236.
2. Hong T.S., Tome W.A., Chappell R.J., et al. Variation in target delineation for head and neck IMRT: an international multi-institutional study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004, 60:S157-S158.
3. Nutting C.M., Morden J.P., Harrington K., et al. Parotid sparing intensity modulated versus conventional radiotherapy in head and neck cancer (PARSPORT): a phase 3 multicenter randomized controlled trial. Lancet Oncol 2011, 12:127-136.
4. Caudell J.J., Meridith R.F., Spencer S.A., et al. Margin on gross tumor volume and risk of local recurrence in head-and-neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010, 76:164-168.
5. Daly M.E., Le Q.T., Maxim P.G., et al. Intensity-modulated radio-therapy in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer: clinical outcomes and patterns of failure. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010, 76:1339-1346.
6. Garden A.S., Morrison W.H., Wong P.F., et al. Disease-control rates following intensity-modulated radiation therapy for small primary oropharyngeal carcinoma. Disease-control rates following intensity-modulated radiation therapy for small primary oropharyngeal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007, 67:438-444.
7. Yao M., Chang K., Funk G.F., et al. The failure patterns of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma after intensity-modulated radiotherapy - the University of Iowa experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007, 67:1332-1341.