Clinical Trial: Proton Re-irradiation in Patients With Recurrent or Second Primary Head and Neck Cancer , a Multicentre Phase II Single Arm Trial

U.S., Nov. 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07922967) titled 'Proton Re-irradiation in Patients With Recurrent or Second Primary Head and Neck Cancer , a Multicentre Phase II Single Arm Trial' on June 01.

Brief Summary: Re-irradiation of head and neck cancer due to relaps or new cancer in the same area may be beneficial, but also poses a risk since the area has been given radiation previously. Proton radiation is a new type of radiotherapy which might result in less damage of healthy tissue around the tumour, but it is still uncertain whether this leads to fewer side effects and improved quality of life. The aim of this study is to collect more knowledge of side-effects, swallowing function, qu...