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Keep this study
Lead
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patient willing and able to provide written informed consent
Age ≥18 years at the time of consent
Pathologically confirmed diagnosis of a recurrent or a new primary head and neck cancer
A history of prior radiation to the head and neck (\>/= 40 Gy, in 2 Gy/fraction equivalent)
The recurrent or the second primary tumor is unresectable, the patient elects against surgical resection; patients who underwent surgery who has indications for postoperative radiation therapy is also eligible
Men and women of childbearing potential must be willing to consent to using effective contraception while on treatment and for at least 3 months after treatment Note: Patient with \<6 months of life expectancy will be treated with palliative QUAD shot radiotherapy and those with \> 6 months of life expectancy will be treated with conventionally fractionated full dose re-irradiation approach. Additional other factors determining which patients will be treated with Quad Shot therapy rather than full dose are if the patients have poor performance status, bulky or diffuse disease, significant medical co-morbidities, and significant metastatic disease burden.
You may not be if
Women who are pregnant or lactating
Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures
\<6 months between completion of prior RT and initiation of reirradiation using proton therapy
