Assessment of swallowing function in patients with Head & Neck cancers treated using modern radiation technology.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Head & Neck Cancers
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/11/010442
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Histologically proven head-neck Squamous Cell carcinoma
2.TNM stages T3-T4; N0-N2c; M0
3. Age >=18yrs and <=70yrs
4. Karnoffsky performance scale (KPS) >= 70 %
5.Planned for Definitive Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy.
6.Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1.M1 disease
2.Primary tumor in nasopharynx/Paranasal Sinus/nasal cavity/salivary glands/unknown primary with neck node.
3. Post op patients/patients who have received any form of neoadjuvant therapy.
4. History of therapeutic irradiation to head and neck.
5. Pregnant / lactating women
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To objectively and subjectively assess the swallowing function in patients with locally advanced SCC of oropharynx, receiving concurrent chemotherapy and DARS sparing IMRT.Timepoint: After 2 years of completion of treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Correlating the dose received by the individual DARS with the post treatment swallowing function. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: After 2 years of completion of treatment