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IMRT for head and neck cancer: reducing xerostomia and dysphagia

Dysphagia and xerostomia are the main sequellae of chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer, and the main factors in reducing long-term patient quality of life. IMRT uses advanced technology to focus the high radiation doses on the targets and avoid irradiation of non-involved tissues. The decisio...

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Autores principales: Wang, XiaoShen, Eisbruch, Avraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4990117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27538846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rrw047