A custom-made mouthpiece incorporating tongue depressors and elevators to reduce radiation-induced tongue mucositis during carbon-ion radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Publication date: Available online 28 October 2017
Source:Practical Radiation Oncology
Author(s): Hiroaki Ikawa, Masashi Koto, Daniel K Ebner, Ryo Takagi, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Hiroshi Tsuji, Tadashi Kamada
Here, we introduce a custom-made mouthpiece for carbon-ion radiotherapy for head and neck malignancy. The mouthpiece incorporates either a tongue depressor or elevator depending on tumor location. The risk of tongue mucositis may be reduced without compromising therapeutic efficacy through mouthpiece shaping.



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