Sparing the region of the salivary gland containing stem cells preserves saliva production after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 305, 2015, Pages

  Van Luijk, Peter ^a   Pringle, Sarah ^a   Deasy, Joseph O ^b   Moiseenko, Vitali V ^c   Faber, Hette ^a   Hovan, Allan ^d   Baanstra, Mirjam ^a   Van Der Laan, Hans P ^a   Kierkels, Roel G J ^a   Van Der Schaaf, Arjen ^a   Witjes, Max J ^a   Schippers, Jacobus M ^a,e   Brandenburg, Sytze ^f   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Wu, Jonn ^d   Coppes, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL REGENERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SALIVATION; STEM CELL; XEROSTOMIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; PAROTID GLAND; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SALIVA;

ANIMALS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MICE; PAROTID GLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RATS; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; STEM CELLS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84941780095     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aac4441     Document Type: Article

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