A model to predict the risk of lethal nasopharyngeal necrosis after re-irradiation with intensity-modulated radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

CONCLUSIONS: A model that includes sex, necrosis before re-irradiation, accumulated total prescription dose to GTV, and recurrent tumor volume can effectively predict the risk of developing LNN in NPC patients who undergo radical re-irradiation with IMRT. PMID: 27357728 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27357728?dopt=Abstract

Source: Chinese Journal of Cancer - July 2, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Chin J Cancer Source Type: research