Toxicity of Oral Radiotherapy in Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Abstract

• Although radiotherapy is a standard form of management of head and neck tumors, treatment of the oral cavity in patients who have the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has produced unacceptable toxicity. Five such patients are described as a warning of enhanced toxicity of oral radiotherapy in this patient population. (Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1987;113:327-328)