Assessment of the mean dose of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles (as one organ) as a part of DARS and its effect on dysphagia in IMRT treated head and neck cancer patients

Assessment of the mean dose of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles (as one organ) as a part of DARS and its effect on dysphagia in IMRT treated head and neck cancer patients

Objective: To assess the mean dose the pharyngeal constrictor muscle (PCM) received and its effect on dysphagia and develop a cut-off value for its occurrence. Methods: 116 patients with head and neck cancer who required bilateral neck irradiation treated using the simultaneous integrated boost IMRT...

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Main Authors: May Gamal Ashour, Tarek Hamed Shouman, Ashraf Hamed Hassouna, Maha Hassan Mokhtar, Dalia Abdelfatah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Oral Oncology Reports
Subjects:
IMRT
Dysphagia
DARS
Toxicity
Head neck cancer
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772906024005351
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