Prevalence of pharyngeal and esophageal stenosis following radiation for head and neck cancer

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Smith, Herbert J ^c   Moltz, Candace C ^c   Frank, Cheryl ^c   Millar, Carrie ^c   Dutta, Suresh ^d   Lee, Howard ^b   North, Debra ^c   Karlsson, Ulf ^e   Vos, Paul ^e   Nguyen, Ly M ^f   Sallah, Sabah ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dilatation; Head and neck cancer; Radiation; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49149108054     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.0044     Document Type: Article

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