Using technology to decrease xerostomia for head and neck cancer patients treated with radiation therapy
| Autor: | Donald T. Donovan, J. Kam Chiu, Bin S. Teh, C.M. Amosson, Shiao Y. Woo, Wei Yuan Mai, Hsin H. Lu, Robert B. Parke, Walter H. Grant, E. Brian Butler, L. Steven Carpenter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Side effect medicine.medical_treatment Xerostomia Patient satisfaction stomatognathic system Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Parotid Gland Dosimetry Radiation Injuries Aged business.industry Head and neck cancer Radiotherapy Dosage Hematology Middle Aged medicine.disease Parotid gland Surgery Radiation therapy stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Head and Neck Neoplasms Quality of Life Female Radiology Radiotherapy Conformal Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Seminars in Oncology. 29:71-79 |
| ISSN: | 0093-7754 |
| Popis: | The treatment of head and neck cancer has evolved from conventional fields encompassing large volumes of normal tissue to focused treatment aimed at conforming the dose around the target while avoiding normal tissue. Intensity modulated radiation therapy has changed the way radiation oncologists think about head and neck cancer. Using the concepts of conformal treatment and avoidance, the therapeutic ratio can be improved and technology exploited to the patients' advantage. This is particularly evident with head and neck irradiation, where a common side effect is xerostomia. By decreasing xerostomia through conformal avoidance of the parotid glands, we can improve patient satisfaction and quality of life. In this study, xerostomia is assessed through a subjective salivary gland function questionnaire. This article examines the use of intensity modulated radiation therapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer to decrease xerostomia. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the significance of parotid gland dosimetry in relation to subjective salivary gland function. Semin Oncol 29 (suppl 19):71-79. Copyright 2002, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved. |
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