Intensity-modulated proton therapy and osteoradionecrosis in oropharyngeal cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Osteoradionecrosis events were significantly associated with higher dose irradiation to mandibular. Use of IMPT minimized excess irradiation of the mandible and consequently reduced the risk of osteoradionecrosis for oropharyngeal cancer. PMID: 28549794 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - May 23, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Zhang W, Zhang X, Yang P, Blanchard P, Garden AS, Gunn B, Fuller CD, Chambers M, Hutcheson KA, Ye R, Lai SY, Radwan MAS, Zhu XR, Frank SJ Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research