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Do you use any strategies to minimize loss of taste from radiation for oropharyngeal cancer?

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Radiation Oncology · University of Michigan

In a prospective longitudinal study of QoL in OPC patients receiving chemo-IMRT, where patient-reported dysgeusia was one of the items, we reported a significant association between severe dysgeusia and mean radiation dose to the oral cavity (P=.005) (Sapir et al., PMID 27473816). NTCP for severe dy...

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