Accelerated radiation therapy reduces toxicity in patients with advanced head and neck cancers

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 16:15 in Health & Medicine

Using an accelerated, shorter course of radiation therapy for patients with advanced head and neck cancer allows doctors to reduce the amount of chemotherapy, thus reducing toxicity, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.

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