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Head and Neck Cancer

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Controversies in Radiation Oncology

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Head and neck radiotherapy is a continuously evolving field. The disease itself has changed with the increase in human papilloma virus (HPV) associated oropharyngeal cancer. With this new disease entity, oncologists are struggling to determine optimal therapy. As radiation oncologists, we are questioning our traditional use of chemotherapy as well as our radiation doses and volumes.

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    D. A. Elliott, N. Nabavizadeh, K. Hiluf & J. M. Holland

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Eleanor N. Dana Cancer Center, University of Toledo, MS1151, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA

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Elliott, D.A., Nabavizadeh, N., Hiluf, K., Holland, J.M. (2017). Head and Neck Cancer. In: Lo, S., Teh, B., Jiang, GL., Mayr, N. (eds) Controversies in Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2017_47

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