SBRT for Early Stage Larynx: A Go or No Go? It ’s All in the Delivery

External beam radiation therapy (RT) is currently a standard of care for early stage (T1-T2) glottic cancer, but it is being gradually supplanted by surgical approaches; endoscopic, laser, and robotic techniques allow less invasive access to glottic tumors, despite some evidence of worse oncologic outcomes.1 Surgical excision is often chosen, likely because of the increased convenience of a single outpatient procedure compared with several weeks of daily radiation treatments and the benefit of avoiding substantial radiation exposure to the normal tissues surrounding the larynx with standard 2-dimensional techniques, which can risk late complications such as carotid stenosis.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research