The protective efficacy of basic fibrobl
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Tsuyoshi Kojima; Shin-ichi Kanemaru; Shigeru Hirano; Ichiro Tateya; Atsushi Sueh
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Objectives/Hypothesis: Radiotherapy is one of the most effective treatments for head and neck cancer. However, in addition to the target tumor, normal salivary glands are also included in the irradiation field. This unavoidably results in dry mouth syndrome as a side effect. In this study, the prote