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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mailly, M
• Benzakin, S
• Chauvin, A
• Brasnu, D
• Ayache, D

Titel

Radiation-induced head and neck pain: Management with botulinum toxin a injections

Ist Teil von

• Cancer radiothérapie, 2019-07

Ort / Verlag

France

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To report the results of Botulinum Toxin A (BTA) for radiation-induced head and neck pain. This single-center retrospective study included all the patients treated at our institution with botulinum toxin A injections for radiation-induced head and neck pain between 2006 and 2017. Pain was evaluated by each patient on a visual analogue scale (VAS) (between 0 and 10) before, and 1 month after the injection. Sixteen patients were included in this series. The mean value of the pain was 8.5 before and 8 after the first injection. The difference was statistically significant (p<0.01). Major response occurred in 15 patients (VAS≤3 after BTA) and complete response in 11 patients (VAS=0 after BTA). Botulinum toxin is an effective treatment for radiation-induced head and neck pain.