Published January 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Sparing all salivary glands with IMRT for head and neck cancer: Longitudinal study of patient-reported xerostomia and head-and-neck quality of life

  • 1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States)
  • 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, People's Republic of (China)
  • 3. Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (United States)

Description

While parotid-sparing intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has demonstrated superiority to conventional RT in terms of observer-rated xerostomia, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have only marginally improved. We investigated how sparing all salivary glands affects PROMs.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2017.08.002

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.radonc.2017.08.002;
PII
S0167814017325021;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiotherapy and Oncology
Journal Volume
126
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 68-74
ISSN
0167-8140
CODEN
RAONDT

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52108438
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
HEAD; NECK; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SALIVARY GLANDS
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DISEASES; GLANDS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY

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