Radiation‐induced xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer: a literature review

P Dirix, S Nuyts… - … of the American Cancer …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… or xerostomia is one of the most common complications during and after radiotherapy for
head and neck cancer, … Xerostomia not only significantly impairs the quality of life of potentially …

Radiation‐induced xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer: pathogenesis, impact on quality of life, and management

MS Chambers, AS Garden, MS Kies… - … of the Head and Neck, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
xerostomia in 84 patients with head and neck cancer who had undergone comprehensive
bilateral neckXerostomia was assessed with a validated xerostomia-specific questionnaire. …

[PDF][PDF] Xerostomia after radiotherapy and its effect on quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

S Kakoei, AA Haghdoost, M Rad… - Archives of Iranian …, 2012 - journalaim.com
… This study aims to assess the severity of xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancers
after … of xerostomia and related QoL was assessed in 63 head and neck cancer patients who …

Clinical management of salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia in head-and-neck cancer patients: successes and barriers

A Vissink, JB Mitchell, BJ Baum, KH Limesand… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The most significant long-term complication of radiotherapy in the head-and-neck region is
hyposalivation and its related complaints, particularily xerostomia. This review addresses the …

Oral pilocarpine for post-irradiation xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer

JT Johnson, GA Ferretti, WJ Nethery… - … England Journal of …, 1993 - Mass Medical Soc
… Eligible patients had to have received at least 4000 cGy of external-… and neck cancer more
than four months before entry into the study. All the patients had clinically important xerostomia

Cevimeline for the treatment of postirradiation xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer

MS Chambers, M Posner, CU Jones, MA Biel… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Purpose: To study the efficacy and safety of cevimeline in two double-blind trials (Studies
003 and 004) enrolling patients with head and neck cancer in whom xerostomia developed …

Xerostomia and its predictors following parotid-sparing irradiation of head-and-neck cancer

A Eisbruch, HM Kim, JE Terrell, LH Marsh… - International Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Patients with head-and-neck cancer have been found to report lower QOL and more … reliably
measure patients’ self-reported xerostomia. Several head-and-neck-cancer specific, patient-…

The influence of xerostomia after radiotherapy on quality of life: results of a questionnaire in head and neck cancer

P Dirix, S Nuyts, V Vander Poorten, P Delaere… - … Care in Cancer, 2008 - Springer
… for head and neck cancer because irreparable damage is caused … of xerostomia in survivors
of head and neck cancer and to … Xerostomia after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer is …

Acupuncture for the prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer

FPF Braga, CA Lemos Junior, FA Alves… - Brazilian oral …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
SciELO - Brasil - Acupuncture for the prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia in patients
with head and neck cancer Acupuncture for the prevention of radiation-induced xerostomia

Impact of radiation-induced xerostomia on quality of life after primary radiotherapy among patients with head and neck cancer

AP Jellema, BJ Slotman, P Doornaert… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… of xerostomia on QoL among head and neck cancer patients … whether the impact of xerostomia
on QoL changed over time. … reduction of radiation-induced xerostomia over time 15, 16, …