Mechanism, Prevention, and Treatment of Radiation-Induced Salivary Gland Injury Related to Oxidative Stress

• Main Authors: Zijing Liu (Author), Lihua Dong (Author), Zhuangzhuang Zheng (Author), Shiyu Liu (Author), Shouliang Gong (Author), Lingbin Meng (Author), Ying Xin (Author), Xin Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Radiation therapy is a common treatment for head and neck cancers. However, because of the presence of nerve structures (brain stem, spinal cord, and brachial plexus), salivary glands (SGs), mucous membranes, and swallowing muscles in the head and neck regions, radiotherapy inevitably causes damage...