The purpose of this study is to do health economic evaluation of tomotherapy and dynamic arctherapy (2 techniques exist: RapidArc and Vmat). This study evaluate also local disease control after 18 months in patients with an ENT epidermoid carcinoma and treated by tomotherapy orarctherapy . The number of patients required in this study is: 300: * Number of patients treated with tomotherapy: 120 * Number of patients treated with dynamic arctherapy RapidArc: 120 * Number of patients treated with dynamic arctherapy Vmat: 60 This is a prospective; multicentric and non randomized study.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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The various of cost between tomotherapy and Intensity Modulation Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Timeframe: 18 months