title: Radiation dose, driving performance, and cognitive function in patients with head and neck cancer.
abstract: Seven head and neck cancer patients participated in a driving evaluation in a driving simulator. Radiation dose on the temporal lobes was moderately associated with time to complete a cognitive test and with driving performance. Results indicated that incidental irradiation may contribute to a decrease in cognition and in unsafe driving performance, which seems to be time-dependent.
authors.affiliation: College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. yuen@musc.edu
authors.forename: Hon K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Anand K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: M Boyd
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Johnell O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D003071:Cognition / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000528:radiation effects*