Assessment of risk factors associated with development of oronasal fistula as a late complication after carbon-ion radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.

CONCLUSION: The number of teeth irradiated with more than 50 Gy (RBE) is a significant independent risk factor for the development of ONF, which is a late complication of C-ion RT delivered in 16 fractions. PMID: 31733488 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - November 12, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Bhattacharyya T, Koto M, Ikawa H, Hayashi K, Hagiwara Y, Tsuji H Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research