Treatment Interruptions in Radiation Therapy for Head-and-Neck Cancer: Rates and Causes

Giddings, Alison

doi:10.1016/j.jmir.2010.08.002

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“…If we focus on head and neck cancer patients in our study (12 patients at BH) over the study period of 1 year, the compliance rate was 75%, lower than the overall 88% compliance rate for the entire patient population. This is, however; significantly higher than the 40% reported in a retrospective study in 80 head and neck cancer patients treated at BH over a 5 year period [1]. The small number of sample size over short 1 year duration could introduce potential bias of limited sample, but the much higher compliance rate in our study is still suggestive of the benefit of transportation assistance through free metro cards in underserved patient population.…”

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Eliminating Transportation Barriers to Outpatient Therapy for Underserved Patients with Cancer

Wu¹

2017

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“…missed at least 1 session of RT, and 17% of patients missed more than 5 RT sessions, indicating that patients with head and neck cancer is at high risk for treatment interruptions during RT [1].…”

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2017

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“…Another audit of the effectiveness of national radiotherapy practice in head and neck cancer in the United Kingdom by James et al in 2005 showed that 397 out of 631 (63%) patients had one or more treatment interruptions [16]. A study by Gidding et al in 2009 [4] showed that 74% of 471 patients with head and neck cancer had radiotherapy interruption at the Vancouver Cancer Centre of the BC Cancer Agency during 3 years period from 2006 to 2008. Treatment breaks of greater than three days were present in 11% of radiotherapy courses.…”

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Radiotherapy Interruption in Cancer Patients: Rates and Causes at Ahvaz Golestan Hospital

Razmjoo

Haghi²,

Birgani³

et al. 2020

Asian Pac J Cancer Care

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Introduction: Radiotherapy is one of the most common cancer treatment modalities. The goal of this study was to establish the rates and causes of radiotherapy interruptions in cancer patients at Ahvaz Golestan Hospital.Methods: In this retrospective study, the data were collected during period from 2012 to 2013, from cancer patients who received radiation therapy at Golestan Hospital. Demographic characteristics and radiotherapy interruption frequency and reasons were reviewed and analyzed. Results: Among 1476 cases, 70.7% of patients had no radiotherapy interruption. The most common cause of treatment interruption was equipment damages and/or maintenance in 29.5% of patients. There were statistically significant relations between radiotherapy interruption with site of cancer (P=0.014) and living place of patients (P=0.006), respectively.Conclusion: Generally, treatment interruption at our center was not much higher than other centers; however, the most common cause of treatment interruption was equipment damages and/or maintenance, which was higher than most centers.

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“…These variables were selected considering the production of knowledge on the theme. 1,3,5 Specifically regarding the data on the treatment technique, it was collected by a resident physicist of the radiotherapy service with access to the computerized planning system, who received information about the research design and the data collection instrument.…”

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“…Such interruption may compromise local disease control and reduce cure rates in patients who treat head and neck and other topographies. 1 In addition, a study with head and neck cancer patients associated severe radiodermatitis as a predictor of late fibrosis reaction. 9 In a review study of the factors associated with the quality of life of patients with radiodermatitis, the authors concluded that there are impairments in the quality of life of these patients, mainly due to pain, pruritus, altered body image and the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms.…”

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Severe Radiodermatitis and Risk Factors Associated in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Cardozo

Simões

Santos

et al. 2020

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Objective: To evaluate the association between sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment factors in the outcome of severe radiodermatitis in patients with head and neck cancer seen at the nursing consultation; and to analyze the impact of severe radiodermatitis cases on therapeutic follow-up. Method: A quantitative, documentary research conducted with medical records of 167 patients with head and neck cancer submitted to radiotherapy with curative indication followed in the nursing consultation in 2016. A structured form was used for data collection and analytical and descriptive statistics were used for its analysis. Results: Of the 99.4% patients who had radiodermatitis, 11.4% were severe cases. Severe radiodermatitis was associated with the type of equipment, treatment technique and presence of comorbidities. Of the patients who presented grade three, 53% had temporary discontinuation of treatment. Conclusion: Head and neck cancer patients who undergo radiotherapy with curative indication are at risk for severe radiodermatitis. Nursing consultation is important to minimize the severity of this event and the reduction of temporary treatment interruption due to this adverse reaction.

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Treatment Interruptions in Radiation Therapy for Head-and-Neck Cancer: Rates and Causes

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Eliminating Transportation Barriers to Outpatient Therapy for Underserved Patients with Cancer

Eliminating Transportation Barriers to Outpatient Therapy for Underserved Patients with Cancer

Radiotherapy Interruption in Cancer Patients: Rates and Causes at Ahvaz Golestan Hospital

Severe Radiodermatitis and Risk Factors Associated in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

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