Radiation-induced volume changes in parotid and submandibular glands in patients with head and neck cancer receiving postoperative radiotherapy: A longitudinal study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1966-1974

  Wang, Zhong He ^a   Yan, Chao ^a   Zhang, Zhi Yuan ^a   Zhang, Chen Ping ^a   Hu, Hai Sheng ^a   Kirwan, Jessica ^b   Mendenhall, William M ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional radiotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Parotid gland; Postoperativeintensity modulated radiotherapy; Submandibular gland; Volume change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; ORGAN SIZE; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349969650     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20601     Document Type: Article

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