Hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis.

Background: Several trials have studied the role of unconventional fractionated radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, but the effect of such treatment on survival is not clear. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess whether this type of radiotherapy could improve survival.Metho...

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Published in:Lancet Vol. 368; no. 9538; pp. 843 - 855
Main Authors: Bourhis J, Overgaard J, Audry H, Ang KK, Saunders M, Bernier J, Horiot J, Le Maître A, Pajak TF, Poulsen MG, O'Sullivan B, Dobrowsky W, Hliniak A, Skladowski K, Hay JH, Pinto LHJ, Fallai C, Fu KK, Sylvester R, Pignon J
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Published: Lancet 9/2/2006
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