{"id":176670,"date":"2023-11-24T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/trial-results-support-new-gold-standard-for-head-and-neck-cancer-radiotherapy"},"modified":"2023-11-24T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:24:07","slug":"trial-results-support-new-gold-standard-for-head-and-neck-cancer-radiotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/trial-results-support-new-gold-standard-for-head-and-neck-cancer-radiotherapy","title":{"rendered":"Trial results support \u2018new gold standard\u2019 for head and neck cancer radiotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/trial-results-support-new-gold-standard-for-head-and-neck-cancer-radiotherapy2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phase III trial results on a precision radiotherapy technique support a \u201cnew gold standard\u201d for treating head and neck cancer patients. The research suggests the new approach can reduce the risk of swallowing problems after radiotherapy, without impacting the success of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The Dysphagia-Aspiration Related Structures (DARS) trial compared dysphagia-optimized intensity-modulated <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/radiotherapy\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">radiotherapy<\/a> (DO-IMRT) with standard IMRT.<\/p>\n<p>DO-IMRT optimizes IMRT to reduce the risk of swallowing difficulties, known as dysphagia. This common side effect of radiotherapy for head and <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/neck+cancer\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">neck cancer<\/a> can, in some cases, leave patients needing a permanent feeding tube. DO-IMRT lowers the risk of dysphagia by reducing radiation to the pharyngeal muscles, which support swallowing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phase III trial results on a precision radiotherapy technique support a \u201cnew gold standard\u201d for treating head and neck cancer patients. The research suggests the new approach can reduce the risk of swallowing problems after radiotherapy, without impacting the success of treatment. The Dysphagia-Aspiration Related Structures (DARS) trial compared dysphagia-optimized intensity-modulated radiotherapy (DO-IMRT) with standard [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}