High Superior-Middle Pharyngeal Constrictor Muscle Mean Dose Correlates with Severe Late Lung Infection and Survival in Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients.

Wen-Shan LiuJu-Chun ChienYu-Hsien HuangPo-Chun ChenWei-Lun HuangShao-Wei ChiangChing-Chih LeeBor-Hwang Kang Yu-Chang Hu

Published in: Cancer management and research (2022)

Severe lung infection and dysphagia were associated with significantly higher mean doses of PCM, SMPCM, and SPCM. Among these OARs, only a high SMPCM mean dose was a risk factor for OS in NPC patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
early onset
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
skeletal muscle
drug induced
free survival
patient reported