Brief Summary
This study is testing whether an advancedat a late stage, far along type of MRI scan (called diffusion weighted MRI) can be used to guide and safely increase radiation doses to “high-risk” areas of head and neck cancers, with the aim of improving tumoura tissue mass that forms from groups of unhealthy cells control while still protecting surrounding healthy tissuea group of cells that work together to perform a function.
Intervention/Treatment
- Radiation therapya treatment that uses controlled doses of radiation to damage or kill cancer cells
Inclusion Criteria
- Either:
- Histologically or cytologically proven squamous cell carcinomacancer arising from tissues that line organs from a locally advanced mucosal primary in the head and neck region, or
- Massive nodal metastases from an unknown primary suspected to be of head and neck origin.
- Ineligible for curative treatment on the basis of the extent of their disease and/or general medical condition.
- 18 years of age or older (no upper limit).
- Able to give informed consenta process in which a patient receives detailed information about a procedure or treatment, including its potential risks, benefits, and alternatives. The patient then has the opportunity to understand the information and voluntarily agree to the procedure or treatment. to treatment by understanding the nature, significances and consequences of the study.