© 2000 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 1, 11-13,
January 5, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
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Head and Neck Cancers: Making Headway in Their Treatment?
The treatment of head and neck cancer is heading in new and more promising directions with shorter treatment times, the development of better radiosensitizers, and improvements in overcoming the often serious side effects of radiation.
These and other advances in treating head and neck cancers were presented at the recent American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
The idea behind shortening the time it takes to treat these cancers is that tumors will have less
time to