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  • Title: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy and xerostomia.
    Author: Chambers MS, Weber RS, Garden AS.
    Journal: J Calif Dent Assoc; 2006 Sep; 34(9):743-8. PubMed ID: 17022299.
    Abstract:
    Conformal radiation with intensity-modulated radiation therapy, IMRT, is a radiation technique that potentially can minimize the dose to salivary glands and thereby decrease the incidence of xerostomia. Precise target determination and delineation is most important when using salivary gland-sparing techniques of IMRT. The reduction of xerostomia may be achieved by sparing the salivary glands on the noninvolved oral cavity and keeping the mean parotid gland dose of < 26-30 Gy if the treatment of disease is not compromised and parotid function preservation is desired.
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