title: Need of collaborative radiology-radiation oncology workshops in decision making for head and neck cancer (HNC) management in India: Perspectives of the radiation oncologists.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In India, head and neck cancer (HNC) has always been a challenge to treatment due to its various disease., treatment., and patient.related factors. Recent developments in the field of both radiology and radiation oncology brings us to a stage where combined collaborative efforts are required for proper management of HNC. The article identifies the potential areas of such need through online survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  This anonymous online survey with specific questions and their responses from radiation oncology community identifies potential areas of radiology expertise as perceived by a radiation oncologist. The questions were simple Likert-type and the best possible response was sought for.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 57 email responses and majority (37) agreed upon the extreme importance of such collaborative efforts. The major areas where a radiation oncologist would seek help are target volume delineation and response evaluation posttreatment in HNC, though other areas are also important albeit to a lesser degree.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is urgent need of radiology.radiation oncology workshops in managing HNC in the modern era of image.based and image-guided treatment. Future larger hospital.based survey would determine need on a large scale basis at resolving these issues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Tejinder
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kataria
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Trinanjan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medanta The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D019468:Disease Management; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D020407:Internet; D000072103:Oncologists; D018787:Radiation Oncology; D011859:Radiography