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Does radiotherapy cause vessel wall thickening in the carotid arteries of long-term head and neck cancer survivors?
Does radiotherapy cause vessel wall thickening in the carotid arteries of long-term head and neck cancer survivors?
Radiotherapy for head and neck cancer is associated with long-term carotid artery vessel wall thickening, suggesting a mechanism for radiation-induced vasculopathy.
Prior radiotherapy was associated with carotid wall thickening in head-neck survivors; leaves open contribution to vasculopathy risk.
Our study showed significantly more vessel wall thickening in irradiated versus non-irradiated carotid arteries years after RT for HNC, while no differences in signal intensities were observed.
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