The Long-Term Recovery of Parotid Glands in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated by Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

The Long-Term Recovery of Parotid Glands in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated by Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy

BackgroundXerostomia is one of the most common adverse events of radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients. There have been many reports on functional changes of the parotid gland after radiation therapy, but there have been few reports on the volume of the parotid gland and its relationship wit...

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Main Authors: Shun Tasaka, Keiichi Jingu, Noriyoshi Takahashi, Rei Umezawa, Takaya Yamamoto, Yojiro Ishikawa, Kazuya Takeda, Yu Suzuki, Noriyuki Kadoya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
radiotherapy
parotid
IMRT
QOL
xerostomia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.665837/full

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