Cerebrovascular Disease Risk in Older Head and Neck Cancer Patients After Radiotherapy
Smith GL, Smith BD, Buchholz TA, Giordano SH, Garden AS, Woodward WA, Krumholz HM, Weber RS, Ang K, Rosenthal DI. Cerebrovascular Disease Risk in Older Head and Neck Cancer Patients After Radiotherapy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2008, 26: 5119-5125. PMID: 18725647, PMCID: PMC4879715, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.16.6546.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebrovascular disease riskNeck cancer patientsDisease riskCerebrovascular eventsCerebrovascular riskCardiac riskCancer patientsNeck cancerTreatment groupsTen-year incidenceProportional hazards regressionDefinitive radiotherapyPostoperative radiotherapyCardiac eventsOlder patientsCerebrovascular diseaseHazards regressionNonmetastatic headMean ageVascular diseaseBaseline riskPatientsSurgeryRadiotherapyControl diagnosis