A review of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in head and neck cancer patients for treatment evaluation and prediction of radiation-induced xerostomia

Abstract The incidence of head and neck cancers (HNC) is rising worldwide especially with HPV-related oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma. The standard of care for the majority of patients with locally advanced pharyngeal disease is curative-intent radiotherapy (RT) with or without concurrent chemoth...

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Main Authors: Tai Ermongkonchai, Richard Khor, Morikatsu Wada, Eddie Lau, Daniel Tao Xing, Sweet Ping Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-022-02178-0