Dysphagia in head and neck cancer: Prevention and treatment

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-200

  Starmer, Heather M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; dysphagia; head and neck cancer; organ preservation; swallowing

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING APPARATUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; COMPLICATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIET; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOLOGY;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIET; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 84900428798     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000044     Document Type: Review

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