Brachial plexus-associated neuropathy after high-dose radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-169

  Chen, Allen M ^a   Hall, William H ^a   Li, Judy ^b   Beckett, Laurel ^b   Farwell, D Gregory ^b   Lau, Derick H ^b   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexopathy; Head and neck; Quality of life; Radiation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; COX REGRESSION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; HEAD AND NECK; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; HIGH DOSE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; DISSECTION; DOSIMETRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAT RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865694962     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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