The postradiation neck: Evaluating response to treatment and recognizing complications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Glastonbury, Christine M ^a   Parker, Ellen E ^a   Hoang, Jenny K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Head and neck cancer; Oncologic imaging; Osteoradionecrosis; Radiation; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARTILAGE NECROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FIBROSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL PALSY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; LARYNGEAL NECROSIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MUCOSA ULCERATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NECROSIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROPATHY; PHARYNX NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SCAR FORMATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE NECROSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER; VAGAL NEUROPATHY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 77955639351     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.4122     Document Type: Article

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