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Submandibular gland-sparing radiation therapy for locally advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: patterns of failure and xerostomia outcomes

BACKGROUND: Saliva from submandibular glands (SMG) is necessary to minimize xerostomia. It is unclear whether SMG can be safely spared in patients undergoing bilateral neck radiotherapy for locally advanced oropharyngeal cancer without increasing the risk of marginal recurrence. We evaluated the out...

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Publicado en:Radiat Oncol
Main Authors: Gensheimer, Michael F, Liao, Jay J, Garden, Adam S, Laramore, George E, Parvathaneni, Upendra
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262974/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25424729
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-014-0255-x
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