Ciro Franzese, Antonella Fogliata, Davide Franceschini, Elena Clerici, Giuseppe D'Agostino, Piera Navarria, Pietro Mancosu, Stefano Tomatis, Luca Cozzi, Marta Scorsetti
BACKGROUND/AIM: Radiotherapy is a common approach for treating squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oropharynx. We aimed to analyze toxicity and outcome of patients affected by oropharyngeal SCC treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-four patients presenting advanced orophayngeal carcinoma who were treated with radical radiotherapy were analyzed. All patients were treated with VMAT-RapidArc, with simultaneous integrated boost in 33 fractions for a dose of 69...
July 2016: Anticancer Research