Clinical Study
The Effect of Amifostine on Submandibular Gland Histology after Radiation
Table 2
Tabulated scoring of the histologic analysis.
| Parameter | Amifostine | Partial-amifostine | No-amifostine |
| Fatty replacement | | | | None | 1 | 1 | 2 | Trace | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mild | 1 | 2 | 4 | Moderate | 2 | 6 | 2 | Severe | 0 | 0 | 1 | Lobular architecture | | | | None | 4 | 5 | 9 | Mild | 0 | 2 | 0 | Moderate | 1 | 2 | 1 | Interstitial fibrosis | | | | None | 0 | 1 | 3 | Trace | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mild | 4 | 6 | 6 | Moderate | 1 | 1 | 1 | Severe | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ductal degeneration | | | | None | 2 | 7 | 9 | Mild | 0 | 0 | 0 | Moderate | 3 | 2 | 0 | Severe | 0 | 0 | 1 | Inflammatory component | | | | Diffuse | 1 | 3 | 2 | None | 1 | 2 | 1 | Trace | 3 | 4 | 6 | Mild | 0 | 0 | 1 | Moderate | | | | Focal | | | | None | 2 | 6 | 6 | Trace | 0 | 1 | 1 | Mild | 2 | 2 | 2 | Moderate | 0 | 0 | 1 | Acinar degeneration | | | | None | 0 | 2 | 2 | Trace | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mild | 0 | 1 | 3 | Moderate | 3 | 5 | 4 | Severe | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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