Planning study
Dose, volume, and function relationships in parotid salivary glands following conformal and intensity-modulated irradiation of head and neck cancer
Eisbruch A, Ten Haken RK, Kim HM, et al.
DoseLab summary
Measurement of salivary flow from each parotid gland before and after conformal and intensity-modulated head and neck radiotherapy, related to gland dose. Citation checked against Crossref; content not yet reviewed by DoseLab.
Why this is useful
The classic study linking parotid mean dose to salivary function after IMRT — the origin of the familiar ~26 Gy parotid mean-dose goal.
Reference details
- Title
- Dose, volume, and function relationships in parotid salivary glands following conformal and intensity-modulated irradiation of head and neck cancer
- Authors / organization
- Eisbruch A, Ten Haken RK, Kim HM, et al.
- Publication / protocol
- Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1999;45(3):577–587
- Version
- Pending verification
- Year
- 1999
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00247-3
- Disease sites
- Head & Neck
- Topics
- Head & Neck, Parotid, Xerostomia, Dose Constraints
- Fractionation context
- Pending verification
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- Pending verification