While there has been an overall decline of tobacco and alcohol-related head and neck
cancer in recent decades, there has been an increased incidence of HPV-associated …

Simple Summary Normal tissue toxicities in head and neck cancer persist as a cause of
decreased quality of life and are associated with poorer treatment outcomes. The aim of this …

Abstract Background and Purpose Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) poses
challenges in quantitative analysis because voxel intensity values lack physical meaning …

Background and purpose To investigate the association between progressive muscle loss
and survival outcomes of patients with advanced-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma …

The goal of this study was to identify which anatomical and dosimetric changes correlated
with late patient-reported dysphagia throughout the course of head and neck chemo …

Background Targeting the deeper, subplatysmal structures in the neck has recently grown in
popularity. In particular, interventions targeting the “bulky” anterior digastric (AD) muscle …

Disorders affecting the neurological and musculoskeletal systems represent international
health priorities. A significant impediment to progress in trials of new therapies is the …

It is well known that radiation damage of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles, the glottic
larynx, and the supraglottic larynx may lead to dysphagia, an unwanted effect of head and …

With emerging technical advances like real-time MR imaging during radiotherapy (RT) with
an integrated MR linear accelerator, it will soon be possible to analyze changes in the …

There is demonstrated potential in the use of novel imaging techniques, to help better
understand pathophysiology, and improve assessment and treatment of functional deficits …