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Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology
In the setting of adjuvant treatment for locally advanced oral cavity cancer, would you offer altered/hypofractionated courses for elderly patients with lower functional status?
Any experiences using 50/20 with a break, or 30/5 in the adjuvant setting?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
At our institution, elderly patients with locally advanced oral cavity cancers who are treated with curative intent oncological resection are typically also treated with curative intent conventionally fractionated adjuvant radiation based on pathological risk factors. For elderly patients with lower...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
It would depend on how debilitated and how high risk (positive margins, ENE, etc.).
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Radiation Oncologist at UH Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University
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