Radiation therapy in head and neck cancer

This review summarizes the beginning of radiotherapy, techniques of modern radiation therapy with different types, toxicities induced by radiotherapy and their management. Head and neck radiation therapy is still improving for the better management and control of the cancer and induced radiotherapy...

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Autor principal: Alfouzan, Afnan F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33632902
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20210660
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spelling pubmed-79892582021-08-12 Radiation therapy in head and neck cancer Alfouzan, Afnan F. Saudi Med J Review Article This review summarizes the beginning of radiotherapy, techniques of modern radiation therapy with different types, toxicities induced by radiotherapy and their management. Head and neck radiation therapy is still improving for the better management and control of the cancer and induced radiotherapy toxicities. Saudi Medical Journal 2021-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7989258/ /pubmed/33632902 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20210660 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989258/
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