Head and Neck Cancer Types and Risks of Cervical-Cranial Vascular Complications within 5 Years after Radiation Therapy.
Chi-Hung LiuBing-Shen HuangChien-Yu LinChih-Hua YehTsong-Hai LeeHsiu-Chuan WuChien-Hung ChangTing-Yu ChangKuo-Lun HuangJian-Lin JiangJoseph Tung-Chieh ChangYeu-Jhy ChangPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2022)
Significant CAS was more frequently noted within 5 years of RT among the patients with non-NPC HNC than among the patients with NPC. Scheduled carotid artery surveillance and vascular risk monitoring should be commenced earlier for patients with non-NPC HNC. By contrast, vascular surveillance could be deferred to 5 years after RT completion in NPC patients.