Reducing posttreatment dysphagia: Support for the relationship between radiation dose to the pharyngeal constrictors and swallowing outcomes

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Frowen, Jacqui ^a   Hornby, Colin ^a   Collins, Marnie ^a   Senthi, Sashendra ^a   Cassumbhoy, Robin ^a   Corry, June ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGEAL CONSTRICTOR MUSCLE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84884352918     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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