Background and purpose To assess the impact of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)
versus conventional radiation on late xerostomia and Quality of Life aspects in head and …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To prospectively investigate the impact of different
patients' characteristics on quality-of-life (QoL) after (chemo) radiation for oropharyngeal …

Background: Parotid-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) effectively reduces
xerostomia in head-and-neck cancer (HNC). Changes in the salivary output at 1 year were …

Introduction Xerostomia is a common complication of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
because irreparable damage is caused to the salivary glands if they are included in the …

Dysphagia is a very common complaint of head and neck cancer patients and can exist
before, during, and after chemoradiotherapy. It leads to nutritional deficiency, weight loss …

Purpose To investigate the swallowing status and its impact on quality of life (QOL) in
patients who underwent radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Methods In this …

Objectives: To determine the role of treatment modality in swallowing outcome after head
and neck cancer treatment and to identify potential risk factors for posttreatment dysphagia …

The aim of this study was to review the published literature addressing the question of
whether intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) resulted in an improvement of quality of …

Background To describe long-term changes in time of quality of life (QOL) and the relation
with parotid salivary output in patients with head-and-neck cancer treated with radiotherapy …

In head and neck cancer (HNC) scenario, newer radiotherapy (RT) techniques, such as
intensity modulated RT (IMRT), aim to reduce acute and late toxicity without impair tumor …