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Thomas J Galloway, MD, lead author on the study and associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
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The median time to cranial neuropathy was more than seven years, with some patients developing cranial neuropathy more than 10 years later.
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“It is sometimes human nature to think that more is better, and the guidelines on the topic have a range of doses with no specific recommendation,” said Dr. Galloway. “However, according to this data, there is no evidence to support routine dose escalation in the adjuvant radiation of head and neck cancer patients.”
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