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SUBMITTER: Ferris MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5841457 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferris Matthew J MJ Zhong Jim J Switchenko Jeffrey M JM Higgins Kristin A KA Cassidy Richard J RJ McDonald Mark W MW Eaton Bree R BR Patel Kirtesh R KR Steuer Conor E CE Baddour H Michael HM Miller Andrew H AH Bruner Deborah W DW Xiao Canhua C Beitler Jonathan J JJ
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 20170818 1
<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Radiation (RT) dose to the central nervous system (CNS) has been implicated as a contributor to treatment-related fatigue in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing radiation therapy (RT). This study evaluates the association of RT dose to CNS structures with patient-reported (PRO) fatigue scores in a population of HNC patients.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>At pre-RT (baseline), 6th week of RT, and 1-month post-RT time points, Multidimensional Fatigue Invent ...[more]