Functional outcomes and quality of life after chemoradiotherapy: Baseline and 3 and 6 months post-treatment

Dysphagia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 365-375

  Lazarus, C L ^a,b   Husaini, H ^a   Hu, K ^a,b   Culliney, B ^a,b   Li, Z ^a,b   Urken, M ^a,b   Jacobson, A ^a,b   Persky, M ^a,b   Tran, T ^a,b   Concert, C ^a   Palacios, D ^a   Metcalfe Klaw, R ^a   Kumar, M ^a   Bennett, B ^a   Harrison, L ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Oral cancer; Outcomes; QOL; Tongue strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANDERSON DYSPHAGIA INVENTORY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EATING ASSESSMENT TOOL 10; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE HEAD AND NECK SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; JAW OPENING; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; SALIVA; SALIVA WEIGHT; SPEECH; SPEECH HANDICAP INDEX; STRENGTH; SWALLOWING; TONGUE; TONGUE STRENGTH; XEROSTOMIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SALIVA; SPEECH; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904058111     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: 14320460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-014-9519-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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