Review article
Practical considerations in reducing swallowing dysfunction following concurrent chemoradiotherapy with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Batth SS, Caudell JJ, Chen AM
DoseLab summary
Review of swallowing dysfunction after head and neck chemoradiotherapy and the dosimetric factors that can reduce it. Citation checked against Crossref; content not yet reviewed by DoseLab.
Why this is useful
Reviews dose to the swallowing structures and practical ways to reduce dysphagia after IMRT; credited for the constrictor mean-dose goal.
Reference details
- Title
- Practical considerations in reducing swallowing dysfunction following concurrent chemoradiotherapy with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
- Authors / organization
- Batth SS, Caudell JJ, Chen AM
- Publication / protocol
- Head Neck. 2014;36(2):291–298
- Version
- Pending verification
- Year
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.1002/hed.23246
- Disease sites
- Head & Neck
- Topics
- Head & Neck, Dysphagia, Pharyngeal constrictors, Dose Constraints
- Fractionation context
- Pending verification
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- Pending verification