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In all patients, a laryngo-pharyngeal midline sparing contour outside of the PTV was drawn. Dysphagia was graded according subjective patient-reported and objective observer-assessed instruments. All patients were re-assessed 12 months later. Dose distribution to the swallowing structures was calculated.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>At the re-assessment, 32-month mean post treatment follow-up (range 16-60), grade 3\/4 objective toxicity was assessed in 10%. At the 32-month evaluation as well as at the last follow up assessment mean 50 months (16-85) post-treatment, persisting swallowing dysfunction grade 3 was subjectively and objectively observed in 1 patient (1%). The 5-year local control rate of the cohort was 75%; no medial marginal failures were observed.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our results show that sparing the swallowing structures by IMRT seems effective and relatively safe in terms of avoidance of persistent grade 3\/4 late dysphagia and local disease control.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1748-717x-6-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,5]],"date-time":"2011-01-05T20:05:31Z","timestamp":1294257931000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":86,"title":["Dysphagia in head and neck cancer patients following intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Evangelia","family":"Peponi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christoph","family":"Glanzmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bettina","family":"Willi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gerhard","family":"Huber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabriela","family":"Studer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"329_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"7","DOI":"10.1186\/1748-717X-1-7","volume":"1","author":"G Studer","year":"2006","unstructured":"Studer G, Huguenin PU, Davis JB, Kunz G, Lutolf UM, Glanzmann C: IMRT using simultaneously integrated boost (SIB) in head and neck cancer patients. 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