Risk of aspiration following radiation for non-nasopharyngeal head and neck cancer

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-229

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

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

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Novo Nordisk ^*  (France)

^h NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Non nasopharyngeal head and neck cancer; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBE FEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 49149126686     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.0045     Document Type: Article

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