Hospitalization During Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Portends Poor Prognosis: Single Institution Review and Matched Pair Analysis

Radiotherapy (RT,) often given with chemotherapy, is effective but morbid treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC) and some patients must be hospitalized. Our aims were to catalogue reasons for admission and evaluate survival outcomes associated with rate of hospitalizations in patients undergoing RT for HNC.

Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - March 12, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: H.R. Han, G.M. Hermann, S.J. Ma, A.J. Iovoli, K.E. Wooten, H. Arshad, V. Gupta, R. Mcspadden, M. Kuriakose, W.L. Hicks, J.M. Chan, M.E. Platek, A.K. Singh Tags: Toxicity, Quality of Life, Survivorship, Costs of Care Source Type: research