Tumor Hypoxia of Head-and-neck Cancer Underwent Radiation Therapy Measured With F-18-FMISO

Technische Universität Dresden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Head and Neck Neoplasms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00180180

HNO-FMISO-FU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to describe the regional and global tumor hypoxia in head-and-neck cancer during percutaneous radiation therapy

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• histologically confirmed head-and-neck cancer not curable by surgery
• Karnofsky > 70%
• tumor volume and localisation allow curative radiotherapy
• written consent

Exclusion criteria

• metastases
• earlier radiation therapy of head and neck
• pregnancy
• secondary malignancy excluding dermal carcinoma and Tis-carcinoma of cervix uteri
• psychiatric impairment