Salivary glands radiotherapy to reduce sialorrhea in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Dose and energy.

CONCLUSION: Salivary gland radiotherapy effectively reduced sialorrhea in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. An adequate compromise between toxicity and efficiency was achieved with 3D-conformal radiotherapy delivered with electrons to parotids and submandibular glands in a total dose of 16Gy or more (mean: 20Gy in five fractions). PMID: 23517881 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - March 18, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bourry N, Guy N, Achard JL, Verrelle P, Clavelou P, Lapeyre M Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research