Practice patterns for oropharyngeal cancer in radiation oncology centers of Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorKarakoyun-Celik O.
dc.contributor.authorAltun M.
dc.contributor.authorOlmezoglu A.
dc.contributor.authorBüyükpolat M.Y.
dc.contributor.authorOzkok S.
dc.contributor.authorAkmansu M.
dc.contributor.authorCengiz M.
dc.contributor.authorOnal C.
dc.contributor.authorDizman A.
dc.contributor.authorEsassolak M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:15:30Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:15:30Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAims and background. The aim of the study was to review the current clinical practices of radiation oncologists involved in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer. Methods and study design. The daily practices of radiation oncology centers for patients diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer in 2010 were evaluated by a two-part questionnaire that separately assessed the information of the participating center and the charts of the treated patients. Results. A total of 22 centers participated in the study, and 105 oropharyngeal cancer patients reported for our review. The use of positron emission tomography was a common practice in staging and radiotherapy planning. Multidisciplinary head and neck cancer clinics were available in 14 (64%) centers and were absent in 8 centers. Thirty-six of the 105 patients were not evaluated by a multidisciplinary clinic before the initiation of therapy, and adjuvant radiotherapy administration was found to be higher in this group. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement was not a routine practice in any of the centers. Seventy-five patients received chemotherapy - 46 concurrently with radiotherapy and 29 as induction chemotherapy. Two centers administered conventional radiotherapy alone, 20 centers conformal radiotherapy, and 7 centers were able to provide intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Conclusions. Across all the centers there were small differences in the pretreatment evaluation of patients with oropharyngeal cancer. The greatest difference was in the technical delivery of radiation, with most of the centers using conformal radiotherapy despite the increasing availability of intensity-modulated radiotherapy. The use of chemotherapy has more readily adopted the current international standards in the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer. Copyright - Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1177/1578.17204
dc.identifier.issn03008916
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/16739
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherIl Pensiero Scientifico Editore s.r.l.
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
dc.subjectCancer Care Facilities
dc.subjectChemotherapy, Adjuvant
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInduction Chemotherapy
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectOropharyngeal Neoplasms
dc.subjectPhysician's Practice Patterns
dc.subjectPositron-Emission Tomography
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectRadiation Oncology
dc.subjectRadiotherapy, Conformal
dc.subjectTreatment Outcome
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectcarboplatin
dc.subjectcetuximab
dc.subjectcisplatin
dc.subjectdocetaxel
dc.subjectfluorouracil
dc.subjectpaclitaxel
dc.subjectantineoplastic agent
dc.subjectadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcancer center
dc.subjectcancer combination chemotherapy
dc.subjectcancer palliative therapy
dc.subjectcancer radiotherapy
dc.subjectcancer staging
dc.subjectclinical practice
dc.subjectcobalt-60 unit
dc.subjectcomputer assisted radiotherapy
dc.subjectcomputer assisted tomography
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinduction chemotherapy
dc.subjectintensity modulated radiation therapy
dc.subjectlinear accelerator
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectoncology
dc.subjectoropharynx cancer
dc.subjectpositron emission tomography
dc.subjectradiation oncologist
dc.subjecttreatment planning
dc.subjectTurkey (republic)
dc.subjectadjuvant chemotherapy
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectcancer center
dc.subjectclinical practice
dc.subjectclinical trial
dc.subjectcomputer assisted radiotherapy
dc.subjectmiddle aged
dc.subjectmulticenter study
dc.subjectoncology
dc.subjectOropharyngeal Neoplasms
dc.subjectpathology
dc.subjectprocedures
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectscintiscanning
dc.subjectstandards
dc.subjectstatistics and numerical data
dc.subjecttreatment outcome
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titlePractice patterns for oropharyngeal cancer in radiation oncology centers of Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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