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Head and neck sarcoma: report of a case treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy

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We report on a 71-year-old woman with parapharyngeal sarcoma. Surgery could not be performed because of the size and location of the tumor. After failure of four cycles of chemotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) achieved complete clinical response and partial magnetic resonance imaging response (80%) at 24 months of follow-up. The results of radiotherapy, especially IMRT, for nonresectable head and neck soft tissue sarcoma are discussed.

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  1. Léon Bérard Cancer Center, 28 Rue Laennec, 69008, Lyon, France

    Pierre Heudel, Marie Claude Biston, Jérome Fayette, Frédéric Gassa & Pascal Pommier

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Heudel, P., Biston, M.C., Fayette, J. et al. Head and neck sarcoma: report of a case treated by intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Int J Clin Oncol 15, 305–309 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-010-0037-x

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