Taste and smell disturbances after brain irradiation: A dose-volume histogram analysis of a prospective observational study

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-135

  Leyrer, C Marc ^a   Chan, Michael D ^a   Peiffer, Ann M ^a   Horne, Elizabeth ^a   Harmon, Michelle ^a   Carter, Annette F ^a   Hinson, William H ^a   Mirlohi, Susan ^b   Duncan, Susan E ^c   Dietrich, Andrea M ^b   Lesser, Glenn J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAM ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLFACTORY BULB; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; SMELLING DISORDER; STEM CELL NICHE; TASTE DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SMELL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896701472     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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