Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Patients With Head and Neck Region Tumours

"A stereotactic radiosurgery boost is given in two cases:~* Upfront boost-on the first day of overall treatment time (OTT) (to 6 days before beginning conventional radiotherapy).~* Direct boost-on Days 43-49 of OTT in relation to conventional radiotherapy to total dose (TD) 70 Gy, i.e., up to 6 days after a dose of 60 Gy.~Treatment is conducted as radiotherapy alone or radiochemotherapy based on cisplatin 100 mg/m2 or 40 mg/m2 in a 21-day or 7-day cycle, respectively~Patients who start the treatment from induction chemotherapy may have a chance to qualify for an upfront or direct boost, depending the evaluation of the response to systemic treatment~Prescribed doses of stereotactic boost are in the range of 10-18 Gy"