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Risk factors for hypopharyngeal/upper esophageal stricture formation after concurrent chemoradiation

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2006

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Walter T. Lee, Lee M. Akst, David J. Adelstein, Jerrod P. Saxton, Benjamin G. Wood, Marshall Strome, Robert S. Butler, Ramon M. Esclamado
Head & Neck

Abstract

Symptomatic strictures occur in 21% of patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiation for HNSCC. Female sex, BID radiation fractionation, and a hypopharyngeal primary site are significant predictive factors for stricture formation.

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