Dosimetric analysis of radiation-induced brainstem necrosis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with IMRT - Fan, Xigang; Huang, Yecai; Xu, Peng; Min, Yanmei; Li, Jie; Feng, Mei; Xu, Guohui; Lang, Jinyi (BMC cancer, 2022)
Keywords: Adult; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brain Injuries - epidemiology; Brain Injuries - etiology; Brain Injuries - pathology; Brain stem; Brain Stem - pathology; Brainstem necrosis; Cancer Research; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Complications and side effects; Dosimetry; Endoscopy; Female; Health aspects; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; Incidence; Intensity-modulated radiotherapy; Irritation; Logistic Models; Lymphatic system; Male; Medicine/Public Health; Methods; Middle Aged; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - radiotherapy; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Necrosis; Normal distribution; Oncology; Patients; Planning; Radiation Injuries - epidemiology; Radiation Injuries - etiology; Radiation Injuries - pathology; Radiation therapy; Radiometry; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - adverse effects; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; ROC Curve; Surgical Oncology; Throat cancer; Tolerance dose; China; United States--US; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Tolerance dose; Intensity-modulated radiotherapy; Brainstem necrosis