Review of Palliative Radiotherapy in the Management of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00280891

Enrollment

100

Registered

2006-01-24

Start date

2006-01-31

Completion date

2006-06-30

Last updated

2013-01-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer

Keywords

head and neck, cancer, palliation, radiotherapy

Brief summary

To describe the charactersitics of patients with advanced head and neck cancer treated with palliative intent and determine outcome in terms of symptom control and toxicity

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, primary treatment given with palliative intent

Exclusion criteria

* radical treatment, palliative treatment following local recurrence, adenocarcinoma, salivary gland carcinoma or melanoma

Countries

Canada

Outcome results