Feasibility of Tomotherapy-Based Image-Guided Radiotherapy to Reduce Aspiration Risk in Patients with Non-Laryngeal and Non-Pharyngeal Head and Neck Cancer

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Smith Raymond, Lexie ^a   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^b   Vos, Paul ^c   Davis, Rick ^a   Desai, Anand ^d   Sroka, Thomas ^e   Abraham, Dave ^a   Krafft, Shane P ^d   Stevie, Michelle ^a   Modarresifar, Homayoun ^f   Jo, Beng Hoey ^a   Ceizyk, Misty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; TOMOTHERAPY BASED IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

BARIUM SULFATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874693966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056290     Document Type: Article

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