Lack of Osteoradionecrosis of the Mandible After Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: Likely Contributions of Both Dental Care and Improved Dose Distributions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 396-402

  Ben David, Merav A ^a   Diamante, Maximiliano ^a   Radawski, Jeffrey D ^a   Vineberg, Karen A ^a   Stroup, Cynthia ^a   Murdoch Kinch, Carol Anne ^a   Zwetchkenbaum, Samuel R ^a   Eisbruch, Avraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Osteoradionecrosis

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; FLUORIDE MINERALS; PUBLIC POLICY; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; ORAL CAVITY DOSES; OSTEORADIONECROSIS;

TUMORS;

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUORIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 34247860684     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.059     Document Type: Article

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