Higher Opioid Use Following Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Early Glottic Cancer Patients.
Patients undergoing hypofractionation treatment generally require significantly higher doses of opioids than those treated with standard fractionation. Treatment protocols for patients receiving hypofractionation should include effective pain management strategies and, where feasible, the use of corticosteroids.
Authors
- Eyal Yosefof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8211-9774)
- Dafna Yaacobi Shilo
- Oded Icht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9857-877X)
- Hagit Shoffel‐Havakuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4704-2940)
- Noga Kurman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3078-6868)
- Yaniv Hamzany (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5936-4461)
- Ofir Zavdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4381-216X)
- Gideon Bachar
Institutions
- Rabin Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- Primary Topic
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00