Hyperfractionation in radiation treatment of advanced head and neck cancer. A preliminary report.
The effects and side-effects of hyperfractionated therapy in advanced head and neck cancer were investigated in a prospective study. The data of 71 patients were available for evaluation and these were compared to a historical control group treated by a standard one-day fractionation schedule; they showed a tendency to local superiority of hyperfractionated irradiation.
Boljesíková
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Chair of Radiotherapy, Postgraduate Medical School, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
Gyárfásová
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage