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Parameters for clinical outcome: Salivary glands
0
20
40
60
Mean Parotid Gland Dose (Gy)
Reduction in Stimulated
Salivary Flow Rate (%)
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
1 month
6 months
12 months
Eisbruch
Macs
Bream
Roesink 2001
Roesink 2004
Bussels
Saarilahti
Months of
Follow-up
1 6 12
Deasy JO et al. Radiation Dose-Volume effects on the salivary gland function.
Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 76, No. 3, Supplement, pp. S58–S63, 2010.
Mean percentage of reduction in stimulated salivery flow rate vs. mean parotid
gland dose for different follow-up durations
time