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- Title
Feasibility of Tomotherapy-based image-guided radiotherapy to reduce aspiration risk in patients with non-laryngeal and non-pharyngeal head and neck cancer.
- Authors
Nguyen, Nam P; Smith-Raymond, Lexie; Vinh-Hung, Vincent; Vos, Paul; Davis, Rick; Desai, Anand; Sroka, Thomas; Abraham, Dave; Krafft, Shane P; Stevie, Michelle; Modarresifar, Homayoun; Jo, Beng-Hoey; Ceizyk, Misty
- Abstract
The study aims to assess the feasibility of Tomotherapy-based image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) to reduce the aspiration risk in patients with non-laryngeal and non-hypopharyngeal cancer. A retrospective review of 48 patients undergoing radiation for non-laryngeal and non-hypopharyngeal head and neck cancers was conducted. All patients had a modified barium swallow (MBS) prior to treatment, which was repeated one month following radiotherapy. Mean middle and inferior pharyngeal dose was recorded and correlated with the MBS results to determine aspiration risk.
- Publication
PloS one, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 3, pe56290
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0056290