Risk of temporal lobe necrosis between proton beam and volumetric modulated arc therapies in patients with different head and neck cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the frequency of temporal lobe necrosis (TLN) soon after radiotherapy (RT) and identify differences among patients with various types of head and neck cancer (HNC) and between different RT methods.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 483 patients with HNC who had completed RT in our hospital after January, 2015. These patients were followed-up at the radio-oncology department and received contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) to identify metastases or recurrence of cancer at regular intervals. Meanwhile, the occurrence of TLN, graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events V5.0, was recorded. We categorized the patients into nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and non-NPC groups and compare

SUBMITTER: Liu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512503 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature