Patients who receive radiation therapy to the head and neck suffer potential complications and undesirable side-effects of this therapy. The extent of undesirable responses is dependent on the source of irradiation, the fields of irradiation, and the dose. The radiotherapist determines these factors ...
Radiation therapy delivers beams of high energy to kill cancer cells. People with head and neck cancers might receive radiation only, or it might be combined with other treatments. Sometimes, radiation is used for the sole purpose of relieving symptoms of head and neck cancer. Targeted Therapy T...
effectsSalivary flow rate and composition, oral microflora and clinical manifestations of radiation damage were studied in 32 patients treated with external irradiation to head and neck areas. Several parameters were investigated: field arrangement, amount of salivary glands irradiated, clinical ...
Head and neck cancer is a kind of cancer which can be eradicated from radical radiation therapy. However, with best efforts, nearly 40% patients will experience locoregional recurrence. Locoregional recurrence is the main cause of cancer-related death in head and neck cancers, so local treatments...
membranes. The mouth and entire gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, etc.) are lined with mucous membranes, contain the same type of cells as the skin, and are susceptible to changes for the same reasons. Most patients who have chemo and/or radiation for head and ne...
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) are amongst the most aggressive, complex, and heterogeneous malignancies. The standard of care treatments for HNC patients include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or their combination. However, around 50% do not benefit while suffering severe toxic...
Due to the organ structure and its location in the human body, surgery is always difficult, and radiation therapy is the most common form of treatment. Radiation, delivered by a linear accelerator, can kill tumor cells but has to pass through about 40 vital organs including the brainstem and...
BackgroundThe registry for the evaluation of side effects after radiotherapy in childhood and adolescence (RiSK) was established to prospectively characterize radiation-associated side effects. The purpose of this analysis was to characterize side effects after radiotherapy to the head and neck in childre...
摘要: RADIATION-INDUCED HEAD AND NECK TUMOURS. By - ThomasF. Gesell 关键词: n* --life sciences--radiation effects on animals--man brain-- delayed radiation effects neoplasms-- radioinduction radiotherapy-- side effects salivary glands-- delayed radiation effects thyroid-- delayed radiation effects...
Slight temperature increases of the oral mucus membranes early in a head and neck cancer patient's chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiotherapy) treatment is a predictor of severe mucositis later in treatment, according to a study presented at t