Assessment of the Preventive Effect of Pilocarpine on Radiotherapy-Induced Xerostomia in Patients with Head and Neck Cancers

Introduction Xerostomia is one of side-effects of radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. No definitive method has been proposed for the treatment of this condition. However, pilocarpine is considered effective for the management of chronic xerostomia. The purpose of the present study was to assess...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hasan Akhavan Karbasi, Hassan Zarghani, Seyed Ali Akhavan, Nastaran Donyadide, Pejman Shamshiry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-04-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_6836_8c47e323345186f22f8d9cbde0d2e71c.pdf