Definitive proton radiation therapy and concurrent cisplatin for unresectable head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma: A series of 9 cases and a critical review of the literature

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• 作者：Onita Bhattasali ; Emma Holliday ; Merrill S. Kies ; Ehab Y. Hanna ; Adam S. Garden ; David I. Rosenthal ; William H. Morrison ; G. Brandon Gunn ; C. David Fuller ; X. Ronald Zhu and Steven J. Frank
• 关键词：proton radiotherapy ; chemotherapy ; adenoid cystic ; head and neck neoplasms
• 刊名：Head & Neck
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：38
• 期：S1
• 页码：E1472-E1480
• 全文大小：1512K
• ISSN：1097-0347

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The primary treatment for head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is surgery. Infrequently, however, ACC's propensity for perineural and base of skull invasion can preclude definitive surgical management. We present our experience with proton radiation therapy (RT) and concurrent platinum-based chemotherapy.