Swallowing-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients: Treatment planning optimization and clinical introduction

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-287

  Van Der Laan, Hans Paul ^a   Gawryszuk, Agata ^a   Christianen, Miranda E M C ^a   Steenbakkers, Roel J H M ^a   Korevaar, Erik W ^a   Chouvalova, Olga ^a   Wopken, Kim ^a   Bijl, Hendrik P ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical implementation; Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Normal tissue complication probability; Swallowing dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNX TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; ORGANS AT RISK; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SWALLOWING; SWALLOWING SPARING INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMRT; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITY; SWALLOWING DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PAROTID GLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84881478536     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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