Patients with head and neck cancer cured by radiation therapy: A survey of the dry mouth syndrome in long‐term survivors

@article{Wijers2002PatientsWH,
  title={Patients with head and neck cancer cured by radiation therapy: A survey of the dry mouth syndrome in long‐term survivors},
  author={Oda B. Wijers and Peter C. Levendag and M. Braaksma and Meindert Boonzaaijer and L L Visch and Paul I. M. Schmitz},
  journal={Head \& Neck},
  year={2002},
  volume={24}
}
Xerostomia can have a significant impact on the quality of life of patients treated by radiation therapy (RT) for cancer in the head and neck. The first aim of the study was to evaluate the degree of xerostomia in 39 long‐term survivors treated between 1965–1995 by conventional two‐dimensional radiation therapy and currently without evidence of disease. The second aim was to develop a concise instrument to evaluate the subjective aspects of xerostomia. 
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