Dysphagia after nonsurgical head and neck cancer treatment: Patients' perspectives

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-771

  Wilson, Janet A ^a   Carding, Paul N ^a   Patterson, Joanne M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MD ANDERSON DYSPHAGIA INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84855167127     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811414506     Document Type: Article

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