Long-term follow-up of protective effects on salivary and swallowing structures and improvement of late xerostomia and dysphagia by level IIb optimisation in clinical target volume of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the long-term effect of level IIb clinical target volume (CTV) optimisation on survival, xerostomia, and dysphagia in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods Clinical data of 415 patients with NPC treated with intensity-modulated radiother...

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Published in:	BMC Cancer
Main Authors:	Jiawei Zhou, Li Wang, Ting Qiu, Han Gao, Lijun Wang, Shengfu Huang, Xia He, Lirong Wu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-05-01
Subjects:	Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) Xerostomia Dysphagia Clinical target volume (CTV) Long-time survival
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-12391-7