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IJSRP, Volume 5, Issue 7, July 2015 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]


Radiotherapy Induced Xerostomia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
      Kailash Mittal, Abhishek Bahadur Singh, Nishu Bala
Abstract: Introduction: Head and neck cancers constitute 5% of all cancers worldwide with an annual incidence of about 5,00,000 cases of which two-thirds are locally advanced. Radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy forms an integral part of the multimodal management. Seven to eight weeks treatment is accompanied by its acute & late reactions, of which xerostomia is one of the major complications of Radiotherapy.

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Kailash Mittal, Abhishek Bahadur Singh, Nishu Bala (2018); Radiotherapy Induced Xerostomia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients; Int J Sci Res Publ 5(7) (ISSN: 2250-3153). http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0715.php?rp=P434293
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