Long-term late toxicities and quality of life for survivors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus non-intensity-modulated radiotherapy

• Published in: Head & neck Vol. 38; no. S1; pp. E1026 - E1032
• Main Authors: Huang, Tai-Lin, Chien, Chih-Yen, Tsai, Wen-Ling, Liao, Kuan-Cho, Chou, Shang-Yu, Lin, Hsin-Ching, Dean Luo, Sheng, Lee, Tsair-Fwu, Lee, Chien-Hung, Fang, Fu-Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Carcinoma - radiotherapy; Cross-Sectional Studies; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Female; Humans; intensity-modulated radiotherapy; late toxicity; Male; Middle Aged; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Quality of Life; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated; Survivors; Young Adult; intensity-modulated radiotherapy; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; quality of life; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); late toxicity

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate late toxicities and quality of life (QOL) of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) with long‐term survival after treatment by intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) versus non‐IMRT. Methods An observational, cross‐sectional study of QOL...