Salivary gland function in nasopharyngeal carcinoma before and late after intensity-modulated radiotherapy evaluated by dynamic diffusion-weighted MR imaging with gustatory stimulation

• Main Authors: Dai Shi (Author), Jian-Jun Qian (Author), Guo-Hua Fan (Author), Jun-Kang Shen (Author), Ye Tian (Author), Liang Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Xerostomia caused by radiation-induced salivary glands injury has a considerable impact on patients' quality of life. Nowadays, the existed different methods of evaluating xerostomia in clinical practice there are still some disadvantages and limitations. This study used dif...