[Late toxicity following primary conservative treatment : Dysphagia and xerostomia].

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader [Late toxicity following primary conservative treatment : Dysphagia and xerostomia]. Via hno Related Articles [Late toxicity following primary conservative treatment : Dysphagia and xerostomia]. HNO. 2020 Nov 12;: Authors: Jensen AD, Langer C Abstract Dysphagia and xerostomia are still among the most important acute and late side effects of radiotherapy. Technical developments over the past two decades have led to improved diagnostics and recognition as well as understanding of the causes of these side effects. Based on these findings and advances in both treatment planning and irradiation techniques, the incidence and severity of treatment-associated radiogenic late sequelae could be clearly reduced by the use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), which could contribute to marked long-term improvements in the quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer. Highly conformal techniques, such as proton therapy have the potential to further reduce treatment-associated side effects in head and neck oncology and are currently being prospectively tested within clinical trial protocols at several centers. PMID: 33180145 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.