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

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

Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Oct 28;:

Authors: Ikawa H, Koto M, Ebner DK, Takagi R, Hayashi K, Tsuji H, Kamada T

Abstract
We introduce a custom-made mouthpiece for carbon-ion radiation therapy 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.

PMID: 29291964 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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