Toxicity of oral radiotherapy in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1987. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Toxicity of oral radiotherapy in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1987 Mar;113(3):327-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87128569
Cooper JS; Fried PR

Abstract: Although radiotherapy is a standard form of management of head and neck tumors, treatment of the oral cavity in patients who have the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has produced unacceptable toxicity. Five such patients are described as a warning of enhanced toxicity of oral radiotherapy in this patient population.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Case Report Cobalt Radioisotopes/THERAPEUTIC USE Human Male Mouth Mucosa/RADIATION EFFECTS Mouth Neoplasms/*RADIOTHERAPY Pain/ETIOLOGY Radioisotope Teletherapy/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*RADIOTHERAPY Stomatitis/*ETIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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