A dry mouth or xerostomia is one of the most common complications during and after
radiotherapy for head and neck cancer, because irreparable damage is caused to the …

Dysphagia and xerostomia are the main sequellae of chemoradiotherapy for head and neck
cancer, and the main factors in reducing long-term patient quality of life. IMRT uses …

Purpose: To compare directly the effect of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) vs.
conventional radiotherapy (CRT) on salivary flow and quality of life (QoL) in patients with …

Purpose: To study the risk, outcomes, and costs of radiation-induced oral mucositis (OM)
among patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) to head and neck primary cancers. Methods and …

Intensification of radiotherapy treatment for locally advanced head and neck cancer by use
of altered fractionation schedules or concomitant chemotherapy has resulted in substantially …

Background: Unresectable carcinomas of the oropharynx and hypopharynx still have a poor
long-term prognosis. Following a previous phase II study, this phase III multicenter trial was …

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 …

Background Current management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) uses radiotherapy
(RT) as the curative treatment modality. Radiation delivery techniques for NPC can be …

To improve locoregional tumor control and survival in patients with locally advanced head
and neck cancer (HNC), therapy is intensified using altered fractionation radiation therapy or …

Aim: The aim of this article is to review the clinical and biological features underlying the
development and progression of radiation caries. Background: Although radiotherapy (RT) …