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only in the setting of continued monitoring of the anticipated clinical benefits. Also, a prospective confirmation of concordance between the tubarial glands as visualised on PSMA PET/CT, with the delineation based on anatomical landmarks is desirable, prior to clinical implementation as a relevant AOR.
We conclude that the human nasopharynx contains previously overlooked bilateral macroscopic salivary glands. Our findings indicate that sparing these tubarial glands could provide an opportunity to prevent side effects from radiotherapy and better maintain patients’ quality of life.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge R. Slagter for supplying the medical illustrations; the Core facility Molecular Pathology&Biobanking (NCI) for supplying lab support; J.E. van der Wal for advice on interpretation of histological results; J. Hagoort&C. de Gier–de Vries (department of Anatomy&Embryology, AUMC) for supplying lab support and 3D-PDF digital histological reconstructions; L. ter Beek (department of radiology, NCI) for technical MRI-support; The Dutch Cancer Society: Grant number: 10606/2016-2.
Appendix A Supplementary data
Supplementary data to this article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j. radonc.2020.09.034
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