Functional Parotid Sparing: Does Sparing the Parotid Ducts Yield Improvements in Patient Reported Xerostomia?
Volume: 111, Issue: 3, Pages: S76 - S76
Published: Nov 1, 2021
Abstract
Literature suggests that salivary gland stem cells, capable of regenerating salivary tissue, may preferentially reside in the large ducts of salivary glands. We conducted a prospective trial in patients receiving definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for oropharyngeal cancer where we preferentially spared the major parotid ducts (localized via MRI sialography) during treatment planning. We hypothesized that (1) this technique would yield...
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Title
Functional Parotid Sparing: Does Sparing the Parotid Ducts Yield Improvements in Patient Reported Xerostomia?
Published Date
Nov 1, 2021
Volume
111
Issue
3
Pages
S76 - S76
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