Unilateral versus bilateral irradiation in squamous cell head and neck cancer in relation to patient-rated xerostomia and sticky saliva

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-89

  Jellema, Anke Petra ^a,b   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Doornaert, Patricia ^a   Leemans, C René ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Radiation technique; Sticky saliva; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLAND; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; SALIVA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SALIVA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 35248856002     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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