Study to see changes in volume of tumor and normal structures
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients with locally advanced oropharyngeal cancers
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/10/005111
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
1.Stage III-IV oropharyngeal cancer
2.Advanced nodal disease (N2-N3)
3.Histologically proven Squamous cell carcinoma.
4.Age >18.
5.Fit for radical treatment
6.Karnofsky Performance Score >70
7.No prior history of therapeutic irradiation.
8.Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1.Metastatic disease on presentation
2.Prior history of malignancy
3.Pregnancy and lactating women
4.Patients who has received NACT
5.Reirradiation
6.Allergy to CT contrast
7.Deranged Renal function test (RFT)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To quantify the changes in the volume of target and parotid gland during IMRTTimepoint: <br/ ><br>2nd,4th and 6th Week of radiation treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To quantify positional changes of parotid gland during IMRTTimepoint: 2nd,4th and 6th Week of radiation treatment