Unwanted exposures to high-energy or ionizing radiation can be hazardous to health.
Prolonged or accumulated radiation dosage from either particle-emissions such as …

This review presents data from the literature on oral adverse reactions from the perspectives
of subjective feelings of dry mouth (xerostomia) and objective measures of salivary gland …

Treatment is complex for patients with head and neck (H&N) cancers with specific site of
disease, stage, and pathologic findings guiding treatment decision-making. Treatment …

This selection from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines)
for Head and Neck Cancers focuses on glottic laryngeal cancer, which is the most common …

The use of chemical radioprotectors represents an obvious strategy to improve the
therapeutic index in radiotherapy. Amofostine (WR-2721) has recently been approved for …

PURPOSE: To assess the therapeutic outcomes in oropharyngeal cancer patients treated
with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and analyze the impact of primary gross tumor …

Late organ toxicity from therapeutic radiation is a function of many confounding variables.
The total dose delivered to the organ and the volumes of organ exposed to a given dose of …

PURPOSE: To assess whether comprehensive bilateral neck intensity-modulated
radiotherapy (IMRT) for head-and-neck cancer results in preserving of oral health–related …

Purpose: To perform a retrospective review of laryngeal/hypopharyngeal carcinomas treated
with concurrent chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Methods and …

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) fused with planning computed tomography (CT) …