Quantitative measurement of post‐irradiation neck fibrosis based on the young modulus

BACKGROUND Postirradiation fibrosis is one of the most common late effects of radiation therapy for patients with head and neck carcinoma. An objective and quantitative method for its measurement is much desired, but the criteria currently used to score fibrosis are mostly semiquantitative and parti...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer 2002-08, Vol.95 (3), p.656-662
Hauptverfasser:	Leung, Sing‐Fai, Zheng, Yongping, Choi, Charles Y. K., Mak, Suzanne S. S., Chiu, Samuel K. W., Zee, Benny, Mak, Arthur F. T.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	fibrosis indentation neck radiation therapy ultrasound
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