Published January 2018
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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.2017.08.002Additional 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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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.