Reducing xerostomia after chemo-IMRT for head-and-neck cancer: Beyond sparing the parotid glands

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1007-1014

  Little, Michael ^a   Schipper, Matthew ^a,b   Feng, Felix Y ^a   Vineberg, Karen ^a   Cornwall, Craig ^b   Murdoch Kinch, Carol Anne ^b   Eisbruch, Avraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Submandibular glands; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLANDS; XEROSTOMIA;

BODY FLUIDS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SALIVATION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; XEROSTOMIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAROTID GLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84861628956     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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