ChatGPT in Head and Neck Oncology-Opportunities and Challenges.

Head and neck oncology represents a complex and challenging field, encompassing the diagnosis, treatment and management of various malignancies affecting the intricate anatomical structures of the head and neck region. With advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), chatbot applications have emerged as a promising tool to revolutionize the field of Head and Neck oncology. ChatGPT is a cutting-edge language model developed by OpenAI that can help the oncologist in the clinic in scheduling appointments, establishing a clinical diagnosis, making a treatment plan and follow-up.

Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer: Initial Experience of the First Treated Cases from North-East India.

Head and neck cancer incidence is relatively higher in north-eastern states than in other parts of India. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) was first introduced in our institute in 2012 to cater the entire north-east. This study attempts to assess the treatment outcomes and prognostic factors of head and neck cancer patients who had been treated with definitive radiotherapy in our institute from 2012 to 2016 using IMRT.

Prognostic Significance of Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients of High-Grade Glioma Undergoing Adjuvant Chemoradiation: A Prospective Study.

Purpose: High-grade gliomas are highly fatal disease with poor prognosis despite multimodality management. Inflammatory biomarkers are widely used for prognostication in various solid malignancies to stratify high risk patients. The current research was conducted to investigate whether any change in neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) during adjuvant chemoradiotherapy has any prognostic significance in high-grade glioma patients.

Clinical Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancer Treated with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy: First Experience Report from Northeast India.

The aim is to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in patients of locally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). The northeastern states report relatively more NPC cases in comparison to other states of India. This study is an attempt to assess the treatment outcomes and prognostic factors of locally advanced NPC who had been treated with definitive radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in our institute from 2012 to 2016 using IMRT.

Subjective Global Assessment of Nutritional Status in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated with Radiotherapy - A Prospective Observational Study from North East India.

Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing curative radiotherapy (RT) are at risk of malnutrition due to disease process as well as effects of therapy. Identifying the nutritional status of these patients at the earliest, helps to introduce adequate and timely interventions that can improve compliance and outcomes of treatment. Various tools for nutritional assessment in cancer patients have been proposed.

Effect of corticosteroid ointment on radiation induced dermatitis in head and neck cancer patients: A prospective study.

Background: Almost all the patients receiving curative radiotherapy for head and neck cancer develop radiation dermatitis, which many a times leads to treatment interruption and reduce patient compliance. In this study, we evaluated the effect of potent topical steroid (Betamethasone Valerate 0.1%) cream on acute radiation dermatitis in head and neck cancer patients receiving curative radiotherapy.

Definitive radiotherapy in patients of synchronous esophageal and head and neck cancer-treatment outcome and toxicity.

Aim: The aim is to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcomes and treatment related toxicities in patients of synchronous esophageal and head & neck cancer when treated with definitive radiotherapy with or without concurrent chemotherapy.

Background: Patients of esophageal cancer with a synchronous second primary in head and neck region can be treated with definitive radiotherapy but the clinical outcome has been reported to be poor.

Method And Design: This is a single institutional retrospective study.

Determination of Optimal Clinical Target Volume to Planning Target Volume Margins for Conformal Radiotherapy Planning using Image Guidance System in Rectal Cancer in Prone Position.

Context: In advanced radiotherapy techniques such as three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), geometrical uncertainties are very crucial as they may lead to under dosing of tumor and over dosing of the nearby critical structures and hence, it is important to determine planning target volume (PTV) margins which are specific for every center.

Aims: The aim of this study is to determine adequate clinical target volume (CTV) to PTV margins specific to our radiotherapy center.

Settings And Design: To calculate CTV to PTV margins for rectal cancer patients in prone position using kV cone beam CBCT data sets.