Results of dynamic dose-fractionation combined with breathing oxygen in comparison to conventional treatment in head and neck and uterine cervix cancer.
A dynamic dose-fractionation regime combined with breathing oxygen at ambient pressure was introduced in the treatment of head- and neck cancer, and uterine cervix cancer. The efficacy of the method was analyzed in relation to the results obtained by treating comparable cases with conventional fractionation regime. Final evaluation of the method will have to await the accumulation of further experience during a prolonged observation period. Encouraging results obtained so far suggest that the new treatment can be accepted as a possible improved routine in the therapy of some cancer sites.
D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000628:therapy