Functional assessment and rehabilitation. how to maximize outcomes

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 657-670

  Hutcheson, Katherine A ^a   Lewin, Jan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Speech; Survivorship; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

REHABILITATION; SPEECH; SURVIVORSHIP; SWALLOWING;

DEGLUTITION; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881028316     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2013.04.006     Document Type: Review

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