Dysphagia severity following chemoradiation and postoperative radiation for head and neck cancer

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 453-459

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Moltz, Candace C ^b   Frank, Cheryl ^b   Karlsson, Ulf ^c   Nguyen, Phuc D ^a   Vos, Paul ^c   Smith, Herbert J ^b   Dutta, Suresh ^d   Nguyen, Ly M ^e   Lemanski, Claire ^f   Chan, Wayne ^g   Sallah, Sabah ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f VAMC ^*  (France)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Chemoradiation; Dysphagia; Modified barium swallow; Postoperative radiation

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; CHEMORADIATION; DYSPHAGIA; MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW; POSTOPERATIVE RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEALTH RISKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

TUMORS;

BARIUM; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748059218     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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