title: [Radiation complications in the combined treatment of cancer of the oropharyngeal area].
abstract: A follow-up of 236 patients exposed to combined radiotherapy, carried out at the Chelyabinsk oncologic center, has shown that 27 (11.4%) of these patients developed radiologic complications, 18 (7.6%) developed ulcers and 9 (3.8%) osteomyelitis. Radiation ulcers occurred in 6.7% of the patients with cancer of the oral cavity fundus mucosa, osteomyelitis in 9%. In the patients with lingual carcinoma the complications occurred in 4.6 and 10.8%, respectively, in those with cancer of the lower lip radiation ulcers developed in 3.5% of patients, whereas osteomyelitis did not occur. Radiation injuries developed mostly in the patients with large tumors located near osseous structures. The authors emphasize a careful follow-up of this patient population, particularly in the earliest period after the irradiation.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Vazhenin
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dykhnova
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Sychev
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Gorokhov
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Berdiugin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013997:Time Factors; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014456:Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Luchevye oslozhneniia sochetannogo lecheniia raka orofaringeal'noĭ zony.