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- Title
Five compared with six fractions per week of conventional radiotherapy of squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck: DAHANCA 6 and 7 randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Overgaard, Jens; Hansen, Hanne Sand; Specht, Lena; Overgaard, Marie; Grau, Cai; Andersen, Elo; Bentzen, Jens; Bastholt, Lars; Hansen, Olfred; Johansen, Jørgen; Andersen, Lisbeth; Evensen, Jan F
- Abstract
Although head and neck cancer can be cured by radiotherapy, the optimum treatment time for locoregional control is unclear. We aimed to find out whether shortening of treatment time by use of six instead of five radiotherapy fractions per week improves the tumour response in squamous-cell carcinoma.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2003, Vol 362, Issue 9388, p933
- ISSN
1474-547X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14361-9