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Dose/Volume histogram patterns in Salivary Gland subvolumes influence xerostomia injury and recovery

Xerostomia is a common consequence of radiotherapy in head and neck cancer. The objective was to compare the regional radiation dose distribution in patients that developed xerostomia within 6 months of radiotherapy and those recovered from xerostomia within 18 months post-radiotherapy. We developed...

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Autores principales: Han, Peijin, Lakshminarayanan, Pranav, Jiang, Wei, Shpitser, Ilya, Hui, Xuan, Lee, Sang Ho, Cheng, Zhi, Guo, Yue, Taylor, Russell H., Siddiqui, Sauleh A., Bowers, Michael, Sheikh, Khadija, Kiess, Ana, Page, Brandi R., Lee, Junghoon, Quon, Harry, McNutt, Todd R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6401158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30837617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40228-y