Current situation of hypopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2014.04.008
- VernacularTitle:下咽癌放射治疗的现状
- Author:
Jing YUAN
;
Xueying QIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hypopharyngeal neoplasms;
Radiotherapy;
Prognosis
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2014;41(4):264-267
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Hypopharyngeal cancer is not common and its prognosis is among the worst in head and neck cancer.Radiation therapy is an important choice of treatment,including radiotherapy alone,radiotherapy combined with surgery and radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy.The improvement of radiation therapy improves the prognosis of hypopharyngeal cancer patients,and radiotherapy combined with surgery is the standard treatment for hypopharyngeal cancer.Nowadays,in order to enhance the preserving rates of the organ and faction,radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy is becoming a research hotspot.
