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When do you use amifostine in head and neck cancers?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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In our practice we have not used amifostine for at least 6 years. The toxicity associated with amifostine, improvements in radiation conformality, and decreased PTV expansions have all contributed to this change in use.

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