How does your department manage scheduling surrounding holidays?
If a holiday falls during the week do you treat all patients, a select subset of patients (i.e. cervix, head and neck) or give everyone the day off?
Would you BID patients who are getting hypofractionated radiotherapy (ie definitive early laryngeal ca)?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The impact of treatment prolongation on local control has been well established for cervical cancer and squamous cell carcinoma of the the head and neck, presumably due to the phenomenon of accelerated repopulation. At University of Minnesota, we make every effort to minimize unplanned treatment bre...
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