Our radiation oncologists, including Nancy Lee, have special training in caring for people with head and neck cancer. Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that involves sending high-energy beams of ...

Results from the Phase III NRG Oncology RTOG 0920 (NRG-RTOG 0920) trial assessing postoperative radiotherapy with or without ...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) also known as stereotactic ablative ... Because of its extreme precision, the CyberKnife system does not require invasive head or body frames to stabilize patient ...

Among the different strategies employed to control mucositis/stomatitis are anti-inflammatory agents, coating agents, antimicrobial therapy, cytokine therapy, and local and systemic analgesics, as ...

Head and neck cancer is best managed in a multidisciplinary setting. Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and, more recently, biologic therapy are often employed in various combinations in an ...

Fun, it’s true, on Halloween. Interesting, true, like the fabulous African mask collection at the Stanley Museum in Iowa City. Not so fun, also true, like the mask that pins you to a table ...

Administration of radiotherapy to patients with head and neck cancer often causes damage to the parotid glands, resulting in a marked decrease in saliva production, and associated discomfort.

Chemotherapy is a treatment for head and neck cancer that uses powerful drugs to attack cancer cells. Often chemotherapy drugs are given before or during radiation to improve the effectiveness of care ...