Clinical-dosimetric analysis of measures of dysphagia including gastrostomy-tube dependence among head and neck cancer patients treated definitively by intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between dose to various anatomical structures and dysphagia among patients with head and neck cancer treated by definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and concurrent chemotherapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Thirty-nine patients with squamous cancer of...

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Autores principales: Li, Baoqing, Li, Dan, Lau, Derick H, Farwell, D Gregory, Luu, Quang, Rocke, David M, Newman, Kathleen, Courquin, Jean, Purdy, James A, Chen, Allen M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2785826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19909531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-4-52

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