Citation

Yuen HK, Sharma AK, Logan WC, Gillespie MB, Day TA, Brooks JO. Radiother. Oncol. 2008; 87(2): 304-307.

Affiliation

College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. yuen@musc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.020

PMID

18423670

Abstract

Seven head and neck cancer patients participated in a driving evaluation in a driving simulator. Radiation dose on the temporal lobes was moderately associated with time to complete a cognitive test and with driving performance. Results indicated that incidental irradiation may contribute to a decrease in cognition and in unsafe driving performance, which seems to be time-dependent.

Language: en