作者: Vincent S.T. Cheng , Jane Downs , David Herbert , Mohamed Aramany
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(81)90444-2
关键词: Radiation therapy 、 Medicine 、 Saliva 、 Oral cavity 、 Salivary function 、 Head and neck cancer 、 Salivary gland 、 Parotid gland 、 Radiography 、 Nuclear medicine
摘要: Abstract The parotid gland was selected for study of its salivary output before and after radiation therapy head neck cancer. Before therapy, a sialogram the performed with patient's positioned therapy; lateral radiographic view used to compare treatment portal determine portion he irradiated. Samples stimulated saliva were collected from at 1 6 months post-radiation. Eighteen patients cancer who received studied. data showed that in irradiation nasopharyageal, advanced oropbaryngeal Waldeyer's ring lesions, 100% irradiated; early oropharyageal hypopbaryugeal 30 90% irradiated supragiottic oral cavity 25–30% When irradiated, no produced month post-radiation; this remained same when re-tested 4–8 months, however, any not there residual function.