Treatment planning constraints to avoid xerostomia in head-and-neck radiotherapy: An independent test of QUANTEC criteria using a prospectively collected dataset

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1108-1114

  Moiseenko, Vitali ^a   Wu, Jonn ^a   Hovan, Allan ^a   Saleh, Ziad ^b   Apte, Aditya ^b   Deasy, Joseph O ^b   Harrow, Stephen ^a   Rabuka, Carman ^a   Muggli, Adam ^a   Thompson, Anna ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose volume effects; Head and neck cancer; Parotid gland; Radiotherapy; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DATA SETS; DOSE-VOLUME EFFECTS; DOSE-VOLUME PARAMETERS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAN DOSE; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; PAROTID GLANDS; SALIVARY FLOW; SALIVARY FUNCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION TEST; WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY; XEROSTOMIA;

DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION EFFECTS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; XEROSTOMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856380734     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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