Impact of diabetes mellitus in patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer
Silpa Johnson, Sandeep Muzumder, Hadrian Noel Alexander F, Nirmala Srikantia, Avinash H Udayashankara, Swathi R. Krishna, Deepu C Tom, John M. Raj · 2026
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Johnson and seven co-authors study how diabetes affects radiation treatment for head and neck cancer in this two thousand twenty-six paper. Diabetes is common in this patient group and may change how treatment goes. The team reviewed three hundred forty-six patients treated over a decade at their center. Eighty-four had diabetes and the rest did not. All received radiation, some with chemotherapy as well.
They compared the groups on treatment completion, breaks, side effects, and survival. A higher share of diabetic patients failed to finish their scheduled radiation. Long treatment breaks also differed between the groups. The results suggest diabetes care is part of cancer care, not a side issue. Radiation teams can use such data to plan closer support for diabetic patients.
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| CREATOR | Silpa Johnson, Sandeep Muzumder, Hadrian Noel Alexander F, Nirmala Srikantia, Avinash H Udayashankara, Swathi R. Krishna, Deepu C Tom, John M. Raj |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |