Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 185-201, May 2011

Systematic review and meta-analysis of radiotherapy in various head and neck cancers: Comparing photons, carbon-ions and protons

  • Bram L.T. Ramaekers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 798; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
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  • Madelon Pijls-Johannesma

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 666; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
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  • Manuela A. Joore

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    • Department of Health Organization, Policy and Economics (HOPE), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 43 388 2907; fax: +31 (0) 43 367 0960.
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 43 387 5559; fax: +31 (0) 43 387 4419.
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  • Piet van den Ende

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 666; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
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  • Johannes A. Langendijk

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 50 361 5532; fax: +31 (0) 50 361 3672.
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  • Philippe Lambin

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    • Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 666; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
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  • Alfons G.H. Kessels

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    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 43 387 5559; fax: +31 (0) 43 387 4419.
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Janneke P.C. Grutters

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    • Department of Health Organization, Policy and Economics (HOPE), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Tel.: +31 (0) 43 388 2907; fax: +31 (0) 43 367 0960.
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received 21 June 2010; received in revised form 4 August 2010; accepted 8 August 2010. published online 03 September 2010.

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PII: S0305-7372(10)00139-8

doi:10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.08.004

Cancer Treatment Reviews
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 185-201, May 2011

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