Aspiration rate following chemoradiation for head and neck cancer: An underreported occurrence

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 302-306

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Frank, Cheryl ^b   Moltz, Candace C ^b   Vos, Paul ^c   Smith, Herbert J ^b   Bhamidipati, Prabhakar V ^b   Karlsson, Ulf ^c   Nguyen, Phuc D ^a   Alfieri, Alan ^d   Nguyen, Ly M ^e   Lemanski, Claire ^f   Chan, Wayne ^g   Rose, Sue ^a   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 ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f Val D'Aurelle ^*  (France)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Chemoradiation; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BARIUM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748687774     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.07.031     Document Type: Article

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