Clifford L.K. Pang, Zhao Chang-lin, Zhang Tao, Li Bo, Jiang Yan
Clifford Hospital,Guangdong Province 511495
Objective: To conduct clinical research on preventing complications and side-effects in radiotherapy and chemotherapy of head and neck tumors.
Methods: Administer an hour of radiofrequency hyperthermia radiotherapy within an hour of radiotherapy every other day. After each chemotherapy and radiotherapy of head and neck tumor, administer three more local hyperthermia.
Results: The quality of life in 55.6% of the intervention-group patients showed improvement compared to 24% of the control group. The comparison between the two groups was statistically significant. The incidences of the control group reveal 46% poorer quality of life compared to 15.8% of the treatment group.
Conclusion: Patients' quality of life can be improved by using local hyperthermia to counteract the complications and side effects in chemotherapy and radiotherapy of head and neck tumor.
Keywords: head and neck tumor, quality of life, local hyperthermia, radiotherapy, chemotherapy
