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Do you use bite block during radiation treatment for base of tongue (BOT) cancer?
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Radiation Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yes, we use intra-oral immobilization for any tongue (or BOT) involvement.
Japanese data suggest improvements in immobilization lead to clinically meaningful PTV implications (Doi et al., PMID 28515675) in head and neck cancers. Our in-house data suggests not having a stent on a BOT target requires a...