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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2013

Image-guided radiotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Nam P Nguyen, Sarah Kratz, Claire Lemanski, Jacqueline Vock, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Olena Gorobets, Alexander Chi, Fabio Almeida, Michael Betz, Rihan Khan and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Nam P NguyenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona , Tucson, AZ , USA.
Sarah Kratz
Claire Lemanski
Jacqueline Vock
Vincent Vinh-Hung
Olena Gorobets
Alexander Chi
Fabio Almeida
Michael Betz
Rihan Khan
Juan Godinez
Ulf Karlsson
Fred Ampil

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of locally advanced head and neck cancer remains a challenge because of the head and neck complex anatomy and the tumor invasion to the adjacent organs and/or metastases to the cervical nodes. Postoperative irradiation or concurrent chemoradiation may lead to damage of radiosensitive structures such as the salivary glands, mandible, cochlea, larynx, and pharyngeal muscles. Xerostomia, osteoradionecrosis, deafness, hoarseness of the voice, dysphagia, and aspiration remain serious complications of head and neck irradiation and impair patient quality of life. Intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy by virtue of steep dose gradient and daily imaging may allow for decreased radiation of the organs at risk for complication while preserving loco-regional control.

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head and neck cancerimage-guided radiotherapypreservation of radiosensitive organs

Identifiers

PMID23847763
PMCPMC3703525

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