Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Patient is dispositioned to receive definitive or adjuvant radiotherapy for treatment of a diagnosed head and neck malignancy that includes
- * Well lateralized tonsil cancer with no soft palate involvement and qualifies for ipsilateral radiotherapy
- * Well lateralized buccal cancer that qualifies for ipsilateral radiotherapy
- * Well lateralized parotid cancer that qualifies for ipsilateral radiotherapy
- * A cancer that involves the nasal cavity and does not require coverage of the oral cavity or oropharynx
- * A cancer that involves the maxillary sinus and does not require coverage of the oral cavity or oropharynx
- * A cancer that involves the base of tongue
- * Age 18 or older
- * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-2
- * The patient will receive radiotherapy with either cisplatin, carboplatin, or cetuximab
- * Signed study-specific consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Prior head and neck radiotherapy
- * Patient is unable to fit a tongue-lateralizing or tongue-depressing stent
- * Severe trismus with an incisal opening of \< 10 mm
- * Inability to comply with the study procedures
- * Patients younger than 18 years of age
- * Patients must not be pregnant
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No