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SUBMITTER: Wu VWC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6843028 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Vincent W C VWC Leung Kit Yee KY
Frontiers in oncology 20191017
Head and neck cancers are common in Southern China including Hong Kong. Intensity modulated radiotherapy has been the treatment of choice for these patients. Although radiotherapy provides good local control, radiotherapy treatment side-effects are still inevitable due to close proximity of the organs at risk from the target volume. Xerostomia, which is caused due to the damage of salivary glands, is one of the main radiation induced toxicities in post-radiotherapy head and neck patients. This r ...[more]