The changes in irradiated salivary gland function of patients with head and neck tumors treated with radiotherapy

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 336-340

  Someya, Masanori ^a   Sakata, Koh Ichi ^a   Nagakura, Hisayasu ^a   Nakata, Kensei ^a   Oouchi, Atsushi ^a   Hareyama, Masato ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck tumors; Multiple regression analysis; Radiotherapy; Salivary gland function; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGAN WEIGHT; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SALIVATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 0141483275     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyg066     Document Type: Article

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