Radiation boost plus warming for recurrent head and neck tumors
Part of Cancer, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This trial tests a “salvage” treatment that combines targeted radiation (brachytherapy) with controlled body warming (hyperthermia) for head and neck cancer that has come back. It may help by better shrinking tumors while fitting the treatment to the tumor’s exact location.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your head and neck cancer must be proven by biopsy to have come back
- The tumor is in an early-to-mid stage (about T1 to T3), not T4
- Your doctor must be able to place the brachytherapy treatment based on the tumor’s exact location and shape
- Cancer in nearby lymph nodes is limited: no nodes (cN0/pN0) or only a small amount of spread, and it must not invade the lymph node capsule
- You must have had radiation before (at least 50 Gy), and it must be finished more than 6 months ago
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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