Acta Oncologica · 1987 · 12 citations · 11 references
MedicineOncologyRadiation OncologyClinical Radiation OncologyRadiation DosimetryRadiobiologyAbsorbed DoseFractionation EffectsRadiation BiologyRadiation Dose FractionationRadiation TherapySalivary Gland CancerDose Fractionation EffectsFractionated Exposure EffectsFractionationRadiation Fractionation EffectsRadiation Therapy ResponseSalivary Amylase ActivitySerum Enzyme Activity MeasurementTotal Dose
The behaviour of serum alpha-amylase activity was determined in patients with head and neck cancer treated by radiation therapy. The levels of serum alpha-amylase activity during conventional and multiple daily fractionation were compared. Starting from the second day of treatment an increase of serum alpha-amylase activity was observed. The increase and its duration depended on the total daily dose: after the first day of treatment a linear correlation between serum levels and total daily dose could be observed. The size of the amylase increase correlated to the proportion of salivary gland tissue included in the irradiated volume.
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Determination ok amylase activity in biological fluids
Harold V. Street, John K. Close · Clinica Chimica Acta · 1956 · 175 citations
Serum amylase as a measure of salivary gland radiation damage
H.A.S. van den Brenk, R. A. Hurley, Carolina B. Gomez et al. · British Journal of Radiology · 1969 · 39 citations