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Head and Neck Cancers • Radiation Oncology
Would you ever utilize quad shot specifically for a large SNUC?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The Quad Shot is palliative, while even in advanced SNUC definitive chemo-RT provides a chance for about 50% LR control at 2 years and long-term cure in 22% of patients. This is based on our results in 19 patients, almost all of whom had Kadish stage C or AJCC T4. In our experience, a surgical attem...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
Not a big fan of "quad shot", personally. Definitely not in a large SNUC. If the intent is to stop bleeding, then a conformal short palliative course may suffice.
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Radiation Oncologist at University of Florida
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