Dosimetric Predictors of Patient-Reported Xerostomia and Dysphagia With Deintensified Chemoradiation Therapy for HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

CONCLUSIONS: After deintensified CRT, the rate of patient-reported xerostomia/dysphagia appears to be associated with the V15 of the combined contralateral salivary glands and V55 to V60 of the superior pharyngeal constrictors. PMID: 28721884 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721884?dopt=Abstract

Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology - July 20, 2017 Category: Physics Authors: Chera BS, Fried D, Price A, Amdur RJ, Mendenhall W, Lu C, Das S, Sheets N, Marks L, Mavroidis P Tags: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Source Type: research