Studies progress in preventing xerostomia after radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- Author:
Dongjie YUAN
;
Zhemin LU
;
Zhiwen XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Carcinoma;
Humans;
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma;
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms;
complications;
radiotherapy;
Quality of Life;
Radiotherapy;
adverse effects;
Xerostomia;
etiology;
prevention & control
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2015;29(7):674-676
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Radiotherapy is the main way to treat the Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. But there are a lot of serious complications, the most common one of then is radioactive xerostomia. It seriously affect the patients's quality of life, even make patients change or stop their radiotherapy. It is extremely important to prevent and treat xerostomia caused by radiotherapy.
