Predictors of acute grade 4 swallowing toxicity in patients with stages III and IV squamous carcinoma of the head and neck treated with radiotherapy alone

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Poulsen, Michael Geoffrey ^a   Riddle, Bena ^a   Keller, Jacqui ^b   Porceddu, Sandro V ^a   Tripcony, Lee ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteral feeding; Head and neck cancer; Nasogastric feeding tubes; Percutaneous gastrostomy; Radiotherapy; Swallowing toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 43049162675     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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