Risk factors for osteoradionecrosis of the jaw in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Hikaru KubotaDaisuke MiyawakiNaritoshi MukumotoTakeaki IshiharaMegumi MatsumuraTakumi HasegawaMasaya AkashiNaomi KiyotaHirotaka ShinomiyaMasanori TeshimaKen-Ichi NibuRyohei SasakiPublished in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2021)
V60 > 14% and oropharyngeal or oral cancer were found to be independent risk factors for ORNJ. These findings might be useful to minimize ORNJ incidence in HNSCC treated with curative RT.