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Smoking-induced radiation laryngeal necrosis after definitive radiotherapy alone for T1a glottic squamous cell carcinoma: A case report.

Yoshiaki TakagawaSachiko IzumiMinoru AokiYuka UmedaKazuto OchiaiJunko KumadaMuneo NakayaYuichiro KadomatsuShingo ItagakiMidori Kita
Published in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2021)
This case suggests that smoking may have the potential to induce RLN after RT. Moreover, continuing smoking cessation is significantly important for patients with glottic cancer who receive RT. Rather than leaving smoking cessation up to the patient, it would be necessary for clinicians to actively intervene to help patients continue their effort to quit smoking.
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