Impact of radiation dose on patient-reported acute taste alteration in a prospective observational study cohort in head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC).

Ilaria MorelliIsacco DesideriAndrea RomeiErika ScoccimarroSaverio CainiViola SalvestriniCarlotta BecheriniLorenzo LiviPierluigi Bonomo

Published in: La Radiologia medica (2023)

Our analysis supports the influence of dose distribution on the development of TA in HNSCC patients. The contribution of dose to taste buds and tongue subvolumes remains unclear and worthy of further investigation.

Keyphrases

squamous cell
patient reported
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
liver failure
papillary thyroid
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
squamous cell carcinoma
respiratory failure
aortic dissection
lymph node metastasis