The clinical value of dysphagia preassessment in the management of head and neck cancer patients

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-181

  Patterson, Joanne ^a   Wilson, Janet A ^b  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; head and neck cancer; swallowing

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LARYNX; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SWALLOWING;

DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79958053028     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328345aeb0     Document Type: Review

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