Recurrent Head & Neck Cancers
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Occasionally, tumors may recur in a site previously irradiated. In selected situations, it may be possible to treat the area with stereotactic radiation using CyberKnife. The technology is appealing since it allows treatment to a small defined area with minimal dose to surrounding normal tissues. This is vitally important in the setting of retreatment, since the tissue dose has to minimized, having had previous radiation.
Areas of treatment include lymph nodes of the neck, tumors of the oral cavity and pharynx and larynx.
Written by Tajir Ijaz, M.D. – Radiation Oncologist