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is pocket card is derived om recommendations in the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Guideline. is resource is a practice tool based on ASCO
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to substitute for the independent professional judgment of the treating physician. Practice guidelines
do not account for individual variation among patients. is pocket card does not purport to suggest
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Abbreviations
IMRT, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy; TENS, transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation
Source
Mercadante V, Jensen SB, Smith DK, et al. Salivary Gland Hypofunction and/or Xerostomia
Induced by Non-Surgical Cancer erapies: ISOO/MASCC/ASCO Guideline. J Clin Oncol,
2021 July 20. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01208
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Recommendation Grading
Type Evidence Quality
Strength of
Recommendation
EB Evidence-based H High Strong
CB/
FC
Consensus-based/
Formal Consensus
I Intermediate Moderate
IC Informal consensus L Low Weak
N No recommendation Ins Insufficient