Impact of salivary gland dosimetry on post-IMRT recovery of saliva output and xerostomia grade for head-and-neck cancer patients treated with or without contralateral submandibular gland sparing: A longitudinal study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1479-1487

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

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Salivary flow; Submandibular gland sparing; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; SALIVARY FLOW; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND-SPARING; XEROSTOMIA;

BODY FLUIDS; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; FLOW RATE; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; RECOVERY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER PATIENT; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOSIMETRY; EYEBALL; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH CAVITY; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROTID GLAND; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RECURRENT CANCER; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SPINAL CORD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THERAPY EFFECT; TONGUE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; ORGANS AT RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; XEROSTOMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855185461     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1990     Document Type: Article

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