Mouth opening in patients irradiated for head and neck cancer: A prospective repeated measures study

Oral Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 548-555

  Kamstra, J I ^a   Dijkstra, P U ^a   Van Leeuwen, M ^a   Roodenburg, J L N ^a   Langendijk, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Mandible; Radiotherapy; Range of motion; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84933674701     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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